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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At the fishing-house, what does Madame St. Albert notice is missing?
(a) Her medicine.
(b) Her handkerchief.
(c) Monsieur St. Albert's purse.
(d) Her locket with a miniature of Emily in it.

2. What does Emily St. Albert find written on a wainscot in Chapter One?
(a) A sonnet.
(b) A map.
(c) Her father's name.
(d) Her name.

3. Who is Bernardine?
(a) A cavalier.
(b) A pirate.
(c) The castle porter.
(d) A ghost.

4. Which of the following is NOT a lament that Madame Montoni makes about her marriage in Chapter Seven of Volume Two?
(a) Her husband has spent her fortune.
(b) He wants to use her settlement to pay his debts.
(c) Her husband spends too much time with her.
(d) He wants her to sign away her settlement.

5. Who suspects that Montoni is the captain of a band of robbers after seeing a party of banditti leaving the castle di Udolpho?
(a) Emily.
(b) Madame Montoni.
(c) Ludovico.
(d) Annette.

6. How does Montoni treat his wife during their journey?
(a) He verbally abuses her.
(b) He neglects his wife and is aloof and reserved with her.
(c) He kisses her with affection in public.
(d) He slaps her publicly.

7. In Chapter Ten of Volume Two, in what does Emily's aunt demonstrate a delight?
(a) Lace and ribbons.
(b) Contradiction.
(c) Red wine.
(d) Chocolate candy.

8. Which of the following does NOT happen when Emily refuses Count Morano's attempts to take her for a ride alone in Chapter Three of Volume Two?
(a) Montoni claims Emily wrote M. Quesnel accepting Morano.
(b) Count Morano forces Emily to wed him.
(c) Montoni lies about Emily's real letter to M. Quesnel.
(d) Count Morano says she has accepted his affections.

9. How does Emily respond in Chapter Nine when she receives an invitation from Madame Cheron to go to Tholouse?
(a) Emily runs away rather than go to Tholouse.
(b) Emily feigns illness to avoid having to go to Tholouse.
(c) Emily begs to stay at La Vallee a while longer.
(d) Emily leaves at once for Tholouse.

10. Why does Monsieur St. Albert faint?
(a) He is ill.
(b) He hasn't eaten in a long time.
(c) He is frightened by a ghost.
(d) He has been wounded and has lost a lot of blood.

11. What is Madame Clairval's relationship to Valancourt?
(a) She is Valancourt's mother.
(b) She is Valancourt's aunt.
(c) She is Valancourt's grandmother.
(d) She is Valancourt's sister.

12. In Chapter Six of Volume Two, who arrives at castle di Udolpho by carriage at midnight?
(a) Count Morano.
(b) Bertolini.
(c) Valancourt.
(d) Signor Orsini.

13. In what year does the opening chapter of The Mysteries of Udolpho take place?
(a) 1764.
(b) 1715.
(c) 1650.
(d) 1584.

14. Who persuades Montoni to give his wife one day to reconsider her refusal to sign over her estates to him before he moves her to the east turret of the castle?
(a) Count Morano.
(b) Emily.
(c) Annette.
(d) Valancourt.

15. Who swears vengeance on Montoni in Chapter Seven of Volume Two?
(a) Ludovico.
(b) Annette.
(c) Count Morano.
(d) Madame Montoni.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Emily learn of what Monsieur Quesnel has done at La Vallee?

2. What does Emily find in an ivory case inside her dead father's purse?

3. Which of the following statements does NOT describe what Emily experiences at La Vallee, the St. Albert family home, after her father's death?

4. As Madame Clairval and Madame Cheron plan Emily's wedding to Valancourt in Chapter Thirteen, who declares himself Madame Cheron's suitor?

5. Who does Montoni blame for the incident with his glass?

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