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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How are dwarves close to animals?
(a) They have fur.
(b) They have cloven feet.
(c) They have tails.
(d) They have whiskers.

3. Who narrates the chapter called "Seven"?
(a) Bianca.
(b) A dwarf.
(c) Lucrezia.
(d) Ranuccio.

4. Where was Lucrezia going to throw her unwanted child in Part Two?
(a) Over an aqueduct.
(b) Over a bridge.
(c) Over a boat.
(d) In the garbage.

5. Who is Rodrigo Borgia?
(a) Lucrezia's father.
(b) Lucrezia's uncle.
(c) Lucrezia's brother.
(d) Lucrezia's second husband.

6. What does Bianca overhear Lucrezia asking the mirror in "Mirror Mirror"?
(a) "Mirror, mirror on the wall, how do I make Bianca fall?"
(b) "Mirror, mirror on the wall, how do I make Bianca feel two feet tall?"
(c) "Mirror, mirror on the wall, who here is the sweetest of all?"
(d) "Mirror, mirror on the wall, who among us is the fairest of all?"

7. What year is it in Part One of the story?
(a) 1540.
(b) 1502.
(c) 1567.
(d) 1572.

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

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

10. Who is Prince Dschem?
(a) The eldest son of Italy's ruling dynasty.
(b) A cousin of Lucrezia.
(c) Lucrezia's lover.
(d) The youngest son of Turkish king Mahomet II.

11. What does Prince Dschem claim to be in possession of in "Prince Dschem's Secret"?
(a) A powerful youth elixor.
(b) The deed to Montefiore.
(c) A shocking secret about Lucrezia.
(d) A branch from the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil.

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

13. Who narrates "Trouble and His Sister"?
(a) Fra Ludovico.
(b) Vicente.
(c) Bianca.
(d) A dwarf.

14. Who is half-dead and starving in "Seven"?
(a) Lucrezia.
(b) Ranuccio.
(c) Bianca.
(d) Vicente.

15. Who is Lucrezia unsuccessful at firing in Part Two?
(a) Primavera.
(b) Fra Ludovico.
(c) The overseer.
(d) The stableboy.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who arrives on the dwarves' threshold in "Seven"?

2. When did Lucrezia and Cesare go to live with their father?

3. Who is Primavera Vecchia?

4. Who does Bianca's father meet in the church of San Francisco?

5. How does Ludovico behave when Lucrezia visits Montefiore?

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