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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. What does Madre Badessa say about herself to Margot?
(a) That she is being transferred.
(b) How she decided to become a nun.
(c) That she was raised by two atheist parents.
(d) That she is a twin to a priest in the Vatican.

2. What is Margot doing on December 20th?
(a) Flying to Copenhagen for a conference.
(b) Meeting her father for an early Christmas dinner.
(c) Leaving the convent.
(d) Moving in with Alessandro.

3. Who is going to help Margot with finishing Aretino?
(a) Signor Alessandro.
(b) The Professor.
(c) No one.
(d) Signor Cecchi.

4. Who is Volmaro?
(a) The curator of Southby's auction.
(b) The head judge on Sandro's annulment proceedings.
(c) The taxi driver who offers a solution to water damage.
(d) The rare book dealer.

5. What does Margot want to keep away from the Bishop?
(a) The truth about the convent library holdings.
(b) Aretino.
(c) Alessandro.
(d) A secret that Sister Agata confesses just before dying.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which nun is Margot's best friend of all the nuns?

2. Who does not want a visit from the priest?

3. Where does Margot go every afternoon to work on a book?

4. How does Margot attempt to fool the Bishop?

5. What does Madre Badessa offer Margot?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why do Margot and Sister Gemma have a discussion about religion when visiting Sister Agape?

2. What does Margot send to the Bishop and how does she convince him that it is Aretino?

3. How does Sandro shock Margot a couple weeks after the fresco removal?

4. What does Sandro think about his day so far as he and Margot are eating at a Chinese restaurant?

5. What do the judges decide about Sandro's annulment application?

6. Besides not wanting to leave Sandro, why else is Margot reluctant to leave Florence?

7. How does Margot act after Sandro has moved back to Rome?

8. Why does Margot feel nervous when she returns to the convent after the first time she and Sandro make love and what is the outcome?

9. What do Sandro and Margot do and what is Margot's response?

10. When is Margot ready for the final phase of restoring Aretino; where does she go for help in this phase and what does she do?

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