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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 orders everyone to pray for the chateau.
(b) He forbids anyone to say such a thing again.
(c) He scoffs at the idea of ghosts.
(d) He summons a priest to bless the place.

2. Who seems to have vanished from the Marchioness de Villeroi's haunted chamber in Chapter Seven of Volume Four?
(a) Ludovico.
(b) Dorothee.
(c) Du Pont.
(d) Annette.

3. Where is Theresa living when Emily visits her in Chapter Eleven of Volume Four?
(a) At Chateau St. Foixe.
(b) At the convent.
(c) In a cottage of her own.
(d) At Tholouse.

4. Who sees and chases Emily when she overhears Montoni's argument about a former promise regarding her?
(a) Carlo.
(b) Ludovico.
(c) Orsini.
(d) Verezzi.

5. 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) Du Pont.
(d) Monsieur Quesnel.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Emily hear arguing with Montoni about a former promise regarding her?

2. Where does Bernardine tell Emily to meet him at midnight?

3. Why doesn't Theresa's messenger get any information about Valancourt in Chapter Eleven of Volume Four?

4. Who escorts Emily to safety when Udolpho is threatened by an enemy in Chapter Six of Volume Three?

5. What seeming supernatural events happen in the bedchamber of the Marchioness de Villeroi?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Why is Emily cold toward Valancourt in Chapter Thirteen of Volume Four when she truly loves him?

4. What story does Sister Frances relate to Emily to explain how Sister Agnes became insane?

5. In Chapter One of Volume Three, why does Emily think Bernardine might murder her as well as her aunt?

6. Although Emily refuses Valancourt in Chapter Ten of Volume Three, what evidence is there that she still loves him?

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

8. Why does Emily think Valancourt may be a prisoner in castle di Udolpho?

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

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

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