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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 Paulo tell the Marchese in Chapter 31?
(a) He is dying.
(b) He can no longer work for the Vivaldi family.
(c) His son's sufferings and whereabouts.
(d) His son has been killed.

2. Why does Ellena hate seeing Spalatro wounded?
(a) She believes him a holy man.
(b) She hates seeing him suffer.
(c) She wanted his help on their journey.
(d) She didn't get to wound him.

3. How does Vivaldi gain Paulo an indulgence at the close of Chapter 29?
(a) Through prayer.
(b) By begging profusely.
(c) By offering several other testimonies.
(d) With a bribe.

4. What does Ellena worry Vivaldi has done at the start of Chapter 30?
(a) Been shipped to Jerusalem.
(b) Confessed her whereabouts.
(c) Been placed in slavery.
(d) Yielded to his parents' demands and forgotten her.

5. What does Schedoni lock himself in his room to do in Chapter 20?
(a) Write a letter to Vivaldi.
(b) Meditate on his scheme.
(c) Commit suicide.
(d) Pray for forgiveness.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Schedoni admit about Nicola in Chapter 28?

2. Who did Olivia correspond regularly with in Chapter 30?

3. What led to the Bruno family's poverty?

4. What does Ellena fear when she is visited by Beatrice in Chapter 30?

5. What are the guards' stipulations to allow Paulo to stay with Vivaldi, at the trial in Chapter 29?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is the mysterious monk, and what does he claim is true about Schedoni, and what does he produce to verify his story?

2. What does Vivaldi refuse to tell the Tribunal of the Inquisition, and how is his refusal met?

3. What happens to Ellena while at the convent of Santa Maria della Pieta and prevents her from staying there permanently?

4. On her deathbed, what does the Marchesa confess to and state is her dying wish?

5. Where do the Benedictines take Vivaldi and Paulo in Chapter 17 and whom do they turn them over to?

6. Who appears in Chapter 29 to testify against Schedoni, and what do they verify?

7. Who does Ellena run into in a cloister of people, and what does this person reveal to Ellena in Chapter 30?

8. Who are the two people the Tribunal summons at the start of Chapter 28, how are they questioned, and what do they testify to?

9. What does the monk accuse Ellena of when she appeals for protection in Chapter 19, and who does she realize the monk is?

10. Describe what happens when Schedoni, Ellena, and their guide come upon a deserted village.

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