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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When the servants whisper that the Chateau Le Blanc is haunted, how does Count de Villefort respond?
(a) He summons a priest to bless the place.
(b) He orders everyone to pray for the chateau.
(c) He forbids anyone to say such a thing again.
(d) He scoffs at the idea of ghosts.

2. When Valancourt meets Emily in Chapter Two of Volume Four, what does he hope?
(a) That she will never have any man but him.
(b) That she will forgive him and still agree to marry him.
(c) That she will find true love with Du Pont.
(d) That his behavior won't cause her unhappiness for long.

3. In Chapter Ten of Volume Four, who shoots the man who might have been Valancourt, taking him for a robber?
(a) Jean, the gardener.
(b) Count De Villefort.
(c) Monsieur Quesnel.
(d) Du Pont.

4. What does a storm that arises while Count De Villefort and his family are on a boat ride cause the family to do?
(a) Take shelter in the monastery.
(b) Get lost in the woods.
(c) Take shelter in a cave.
(d) Crash their boat.

5. When Montoni grants Emily permission to visit her aunt, in what state does Emily find Madame Montoni?
(a) Bound and gagged.
(b) Wounded and losing a lot of blood.
(c) Very sick and emaciated and clearly near death.
(d) Hysterical and unable to stop screaming.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter Six of Volume Three, who repeats Montoni's threats to Emily about her estates?

2. Which of the following is NOT something Valancourt admits about himself in Chapter One of Volume Four?

3. What kind of song does Emily hear from a lower room in Chapter Five of Volume Three?

4. Why is Emily summoned back to the castle di Udolpho in Chapter Eight of Volume Three?

5. Why does Emily sign her aunt's estates over to Montoni?

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain how Count De Villefort is a foil character to Montoni.

2. When Emily returns to castle di Udolpho after the siege of the castle ends, what indications are there that her uncle is still planning malicious things for her?

3. Explain the mystery of the prisoner in the castle.

4. In Chapter Nine of Volume Three, Emily composes a poem called "The Mariner". What role do Emily's poems play throughout the story?

5. What is Montoni's reaction to his wife's death?

6. What story does Dorothee give Emily about the Marchioness de Villeroi's tragic history?

7. What clues are there that Bernardine has a malicious intent toward Emily?

8. What seemingly supernatural event occurs when Montoni harasses Emily the estates she has inherited from her aunt?

9. Describe the omen of death on Antoni's lance in Chapter Three of Volume Three and whose death it foretells.

10. What room at the Chateau le Blanc is supposedly haunted?

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