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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 13: Chapter 28 and 29.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Olivia promise to help Ellena do, despite risk of punishment?
(a) Burn down the convent.
(b) Sneak Vivaldi into her room.
(c) Escape from the convent.
(d) Kill the abbess.

2. In Chapter 21, what does Schedoni resolve to do for fear of being questioned by the Marchesa di Vivaldi?
(a) Commit suicide.
(b) Marry Vivaldi and Ellena secretly.
(c) Murder Ellena.
(d) Change his identity.

3. Why is Ellena hesitant to continue her relationship with Vivaldi?
(a) She has found a new love.
(b) His parent's disapproval.
(c) His horrible singing voice.
(d) The church's disapproval.

4. What does Vivaldi learn about Ellena's past in Chapter 1?
(a) She is a princess.
(b) She is extremely rich.
(c) She is an orphan.
(d) Her parents were criminals.

5. Why does Ellena admonish the abbess?
(a) For the unfair treatment of servants.
(b) For lacking respect for Ellena's precepts of a holy religion.
(c) The tightness of the bindings holding her.
(d) For the lack of food she was given.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does the abbess hint at punishing Ellena?

2. What is the profession of the strange man in the church in the Introduction?

3. What does the guide tell them about the deserted village in Chapter 22?

4. What is Vivaldi questioned about during the Inquisition's fourth questioning?

5. Why does Vivaldi question pursuing Ellena?

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