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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does the father of Lucrezia's second child in "Thais" die?
(a) French pox.
(b) Small pox.
(c) In a hunting accident.
(d) The plague.

2. What year is Part Four set in?
(a) 1516.
(b) 1517.
(c) 1518.
(d) 1519.

3. At what point was Ranuccio allowed to leave the monastery?
(a) When he was satisfied with himself.
(b) When his penance was complete.
(c) When the roads were clear.
(d) When they no longer needed his help.

4. What alerts Michelotto to the existence of the coffin in "Fire and Ivy"?
(a) He stumbles upon the mirror and sees a vision of the coffin.
(b) He sees the ivy burning.
(c) He hears the dwarves talking about it.
(d) He is hunting in the woods and sees it.

5. What is Lucrezia overjoyed by in "The Heart of the Matter"?
(a) The news that she is pregnant.
(b) The news that Bianca is awake.
(c) The prospect of supreme knowledge and immortality.
(d) The news that she will become the new head of Italy.

6. How does Lucrezia feel when she is headed for open water in "The Heart of the Matter"?
(a) Calm.
(b) Happy.
(c) Ill at ease.
(d) Confused.

7. What does Bianca see when she peers through a window in "A Figure in the Clearing"?
(a) A stone tree with a serpent wrapped around it.
(b) Lucrezia looking back at her.
(c) A ghost.
(d) A man chopping wood.

8. Who is no longer able to speak by the chapter "Vicente"?
(a) Primavera.
(b) Fra Ludovico.
(c) The dwarf.
(d) Cesare.

9. What does the eighth dwarf do in "A Beast in the Wall"?
(a) He makes a tunnel for Vicente to escape through.
(b) He eats a whole tub of grapes.
(c) He sleeps for four days straight.
(d) He sets fire to a wooden monument.

10. What does Vicente notice in the corner of his cell in "A Beast in the Wall"?
(a) A snake.
(b) A tree trunk.
(c) A boulder.
(d) A growing flower.

11. What physical attribute does this son have?
(a) Six toes on each foot.
(b) Very small ears.
(c) A deformed arm.
(d) A large head.

12. Why does Bianca have to find a pump to draw water from in "The Dwarves"?
(a) She starts her menstrual period.
(b) She wants to clean the very dirty floors.
(c) To wash her face.
(d) She is thirsty.

13. What do the dwarves grant Michelotto permission to do in "Fire and Ivy"?
(a) Open Bianca's glass coffin.
(b) Take BIanca out of the coffin.
(c) Tell Lucrezia about its existence.
(d) Have the coffin moved.

14. What did Ranuccio go to the monastery to do?
(a) Meet an old friend.
(b) Find some food and shelter.
(c) Build up strength.
(d) Study and pray for absolution.

15. What does the dwarves' house not have?
(a) A fireplace.
(b) Floors.
(c) Windows.
(d) A ceiling.

Short Answer Questions

1. How has Lucrezia changed since Cesare's death?

2. What do the dwarves do to the coffin in "Fire and Ivy"?

3. What do the dwarves seem to share?

4. Who returns to Montefiore with Bianca in "Montefiore"?

5. Who is Michelotto's father?

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