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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 13-16.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What history does the abbess recount to Margot?
(a) The history of books.
(b) The history of the convent.
(c) The history of religion.
(d) The history of dogma.

2. Who does Margot want to say goodbye to in private?
(a) Sandro.
(b) Aretino.
(c) Sister Gemma.
(d) The Professor.

3. What does Margot discover about the nuns?
(a) They sing while working.
(b) They are all from Rome.
(c) They work in silence.
(d) They are all elderly.

4. What does Margot think of the next morning as she is walking?
(a) Her mother and her walking in the same area when Margot is younger.
(b) The convent where she almost becomes a nun.
(c) The stranger who offers to buy her a drink.
(d) The young man on the train.

5. What is neither great nor terrible that Margot experiences?
(a) The drawings she makes of the canal system in Venice.
(b) The work she does translating.
(c) Being lovers with Professor Chapin.
(d) The drawings she makes of several pictures in the Louvre.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Margot almost miss the train as it is leaving a scheduled stop?

2. How does Margot create income for herself?

3. What does the bishop think the convent should not have?

4. How does Margot replenish the supplies she needs for the library work?

5. What do the judges believe?

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