The Italian - Chapter 4 Quiz

What is the atmosphere of the convent under the abbess's leadership?

Question Answer Choices The convent resembles a large family. The convent resembles a chaotic marketplace. The convent resembles a strict military camp. The convent resembles a group of strangers.

How does Ellena feel about Schedoni as a father?

Question Answer Choices She immediately loves him as a father. She feels indifferent towards him. She feels a strong hatred towards him. She finds herself incapable of loving him as a father.

How does the abbess at Santa della Pieta convent differ from the one at San Stefano?

Question Answer Choices She is dignified without arrogance, religious but devoid of bigotry, and mild yet firm and decisive. She is indifferent to religious customs, lenient, and indecisive. She is strict without compassion, deeply religious, and very authoritative. She is arrogant, bigoted, and harsh in her decisions.

What does Ellena do the day after returning to Naples?

Question Answer Choices She enters the Santa della Pieta convent. She returns to her family home. She visits the San Stefano convent. She goes to a market in Naples.

What does Ellena feel about the marchesa's vindictiveness?

Question Answer Choices She shudders at it. She admires it. She is indifferent to it. She is amused by it.

What would shock Ellena even more than the marchesa's vindictiveness?

Question Answer Choices The larger extent of Schedoni's actions against her. The kindness of the nuns. The generosity of the abbess. The beauty of the convent.

What is the location of the convent like?

Question Answer Choices It has gardens, groves, and sweeping views of Naples. It is in a crowded city with no views. It is in a barren desert with no vegetation. It is in a dark forest with no open spaces.

What is the abbess's primary concern in her lectures to the nuns?

Question Answer Choices Absolute obedience to the abbess and convent rules. The importance of maintaining silence and solitude. Greater concern with moral duties than points of faith. Strict adherence to religious rituals and ceremonies.

How does Ellena perceive her past?

Question Answer Choices As a nightmare. As a tragedy. As a mystery. As a romance.