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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which member of the St. Albert family dies of a fever in Chapter One?
(a) Grandfather St. Albert.
(b) An infant son.
(c) Monsieur St. Albert.
(d) Madame St. Albert.

2. 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.

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

4. What is Emily's response to Valancourt's declaration of love?
(a) She laughs at Valancourt.
(b) She scorns Valancourt.
(c) She admits to liking Valancourt but fears impropriety.
(d) She faints.

5. In Chapter One of Volume Two, who stays out all night once Emily and her family arrive in Venice?
(a) Orsino.
(b) Count Morano.
(c) Montoni.
(d) Cavigni.

6. What mysterious sound does Emily hear at night in Chapter Ten of Volume Two?
(a) A scream.
(b) Music.
(c) A wail.
(d) A baby crying.

7. In Chapter Five of Volume Two, who wakes Emily in the night to tell her to prepare to leave Venice immediately for castle di Udolpho in the Apenines?
(a) Theresa.
(b) Annette.
(c) Montoni.
(d) Madame Montoni.

8. In Chapter Ten, how much of her father's papers does Emily glimpse and read by accident before burning them?
(a) One letter.
(b) One paragraph.
(c) A single sentence.
(d) All of the letters.

9. What shocking thing does Montoni do when he and his wife and niece and friends take a gondola ride?
(a) He pushes his wife into the canal water.
(b) He gets drunk and gets into a fight with Cavigni.
(c) He boards another gondola and leaves his party.
(d) He tells his wife he has a mistress.

10. Who is wounded in a fight after trying to kidnap Emily?
(a) Ludovico.
(b) Count Morano.
(c) Bertolini.
(d) Monsieur Quesnel.

11. Why does Emily advise her aunt to relinquish her estates to Montoni rather than continuing to resist his will?
(a) Montoni forces Emily to advise her aunt to give in to him.
(b) Emily has fallen in love with Montoni.
(c) Emily wants to see her aunt ruined financially.
(d) Emily fears Montoni's possible violence toward her aunt.

12. Who refuses to sign a marriage contract for Emily in Chapter Seven of Volume Two?
(a) Madame Quesnel.
(b) Madame Montoni.
(c) Monsieur Quesnel.
(d) Montoni.

13. What is Madame Cheron's response when Valancourt visits and asks permission to see Emily?
(a) She flirts with Valancourt herself.
(b) She welcomes Valancourt.
(c) She dismisses Valancourt.
(d) She tells Valancourt Emily is engaged to another man.

14. 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) Annette.
(c) Ludovico.
(d) Madame Montoni.

15. What does Emily see her father kissing in Chapter Two?
(a) The crucifix with which he prays.
(b) A strange woman's hand.
(c) The miniature portrait of an unknown lady.
(d) Her dead mother's portrait.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Montoni think the incident with his glass means?

2. When Monsieur St. Albert, Valencourt and Emily find a shepherd's cabin at which a young woman laments that gypsies have stolen several sheep, what does Valancourt do to help the woman replace her missing sheep?

3. What does Emily do after Montoni has three armed men take her aunt away?

4. What is Emily's response when Valancourt suggests eloping?

5. What does Emily do to assist the wounded man who tried to kidnap her?

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