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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Bianca left in the charge of in Part One?
(a) Lucrezia Borgia.
(b) Cesare.
(c) Fra Ludovico.
(d) Vannozza Cattanei.

2. What do the dwarves liken themselves to?
(a) Leprechauns.
(b) Tree trunks.
(c) Humans.
(d) Stone.

3. What does Ludovico lie to Bianca about in Part One?
(a) His health.
(b) Being present when Bianca's mother died.
(c) His current marital status.
(d) The ownership of Montefiore.

4. Who is wearing a ruby on her finger in Part One?
(a) Bianca's mother.
(b) Bianca.
(c) Primavera.
(d) The sister of the Duc de Valentinois.

5. What does Bianca try to convince her father to do in "Don't Leave, Don't Follow"?
(a) To stay home and quit his job.
(b) Marry her favorite neighbor.
(c) To allow her to accompany him on his next business trip.
(d) Let her eat cake for supper.

6. Why are the dwarves watching Bianca and her father in Part One?
(a) They think Bianca is pretty.
(b) They want to make Bianca's father a proposition.
(c) Vicente is holding a sack of coins.
(d) Bianca and her father are arguing.

7. What does Vicente tell Bianca in a letter in Part Two?
(a) That Lucrezia is her mother.
(b) That he will not be returning to Montefiore.
(c) That he is going to marry Lucrezia.
(d) That she will inherit a great deal of money when she reaches maturity.

8. Who is Primavera Vecchia?
(a) Vicente's first love and interior designer.
(b) A seamstress.
(c) The family cook and housekeeper.
(d) Lucrezia's personal maid.

9. What does Primavera think of Cesare?
(a) She thinks he is somewhat handsome but dangerous.
(b) She thinks he is disturbed.
(c) She thinks he is hiding a secret.
(d) She thinks he is the most handsome man she has ever seen.

10. What do the dwarfs begin to think of themselves as in "Seven"?
(a) Cowards.
(b) Humans.
(c) Monsters.
(d) Individuals.

11. How might one describe Bianca's father?
(a) As ruthless and tempermental.
(b) As kind and gentle.
(c) As impatient and moody.
(d) As innocent and simple.

12. Why is Bianca shunned by the other girls living at the family home?
(a) Because she is haughty.
(b) Because she is clumsy and simple.
(c) Because she is the landowner's daughter.
(d) Because she is poor.

13. What is Bianca's last name?
(a) De Nevada.
(b) Tucci.
(c) De Violla.
(d) Rosolini.

14. Who made the mirror that Vicente found in the mud?
(a) A local craftsman.
(b) The dwarves.
(c) Ranuccio.
(d) Primavera.

15. What city does Bianca's father stop in in "The Vision in San Francisco"?
(a) Verona.
(b) Brescia.
(c) Prato.
(d) Arezzo.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following best describes Bianca's physical appearance?

2. What does Bianca overhear Lucrezia asking the mirror in "Mirror Mirror"?

3. Why does Bianca's father feel concerned and sad in "The Vision in San Francisco"?

4. Who is Lucrezia married to in 1502?

5. Who does Lucrezia ask Primavera to summon in Part Two?

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