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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 news does Monsieur Quesnel give Emily in a letter?
(a) That he wants her to live with him and his wife.
(b) That he has found her a husband.
(c) That Montoni is dead.
(d) That he is ill.

2. What does a storm that arises while Count De Villefort and his family are on a boat ride cause the family to do?
(a) Take shelter in the monastery.
(b) Take shelter in a cave.
(c) Get lost in the woods.
(d) Crash their boat.

3. Who betrays Montoni in Chapter Three of Volume Four?
(a) Count Morano.
(b) Emily.
(c) Carlo.
(d) His condottieri.

4. Who seems to have vanished from the Marchioness de Villeroi's haunted chamber in Chapter Seven of Volume Four?
(a) Du Pont.
(b) Annette.
(c) Ludovico.
(d) Dorothee.

5. What signals Emily that the prisoner is leaving his prison and has come to meet her?
(a) A whistle.
(b) The playing of a lute.
(c) A red handkerchief.
(d) A candle in a window.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which suitor of Emily's returns to Chateau le Blanc and is encouraged by Count De Villefort to hope he will win Emily?

2. When Dorothee and Emily visit the bedchamber of the Marchioness de Villeroi, what does Dorothee unexpectedly throw over Emily?

3. In Chapter Ten of Volume Four, who shoots the man who might have been Valancourt, taking him for a robber?

4. Which of the following is NOT part of the story that Dorothee tells Emily about the Marchioness de Villeroi?

5. Who does Emily believe is being held prisoner in the castle after she hears the song from the lower room?

Short Essay Questions

1. Although Emily refuses Valancourt in Chapter Ten of Volume Three, what evidence is there that she still loves him?

2. Is Valancourt a perfect hero or does he have flaws and weaknesses?

3. What incident in Chapter Seven of Volume Four increases the reputation of the Marchioness de Villeroi's chamber at Chateau le Blanc as being haunted?

4. When Emily returns to castle di Udolpho after the siege of the castle ends, what indications are there that her uncle is still planning malicious things for her?

5. What story does Sister Frances relate to Emily to explain how Sister Agnes became insane?

6. What is Monsieur Quesnel's response to Emily's letter in Chapter Twelve of Volume Three?

7. Explain the encounter Count De Villefort, the St. Foixes and Blanche have with the banditti in Chapter Twelve of Volume Four and who they are reunited with as a result.

8. What does Emily's likeness to the Marchioness' portrait foreshadow?

9. What is ironic about Emily's being sent to Tuscany for safety when castle di Udolpho is attacked?

10. Why is Emily cold toward Valancourt in Chapter Thirteen of Volume Four when she truly loves him?

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