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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How has Lucrezia changed since Cesare's death?
(a) She has become more vindictive and poisonous in her temperament.
(b) She has lost the will to live.
(c) She has not changed at all.
(d) She has grown more benevolent and empathetic.

2. Why do the dwarves affix the glass from the mirror to the lid of Bianca's coffin?
(a) To show Bianca that she is not alone.
(b) In order to witness her decomposition and their own transition into full humanness.
(c) To guard the coffin from afar.
(d) To decorate the coffin.

3. What led Ranuccio to the monastery after he released Bianca in the woods?
(a) His guilt.
(b) His hunger.
(c) His yearning for the truth.
(d) His love of God.

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

5. What is the name of the eighth dwarf?
(a) Sevenday.
(b) Nextday.
(c) Oneday.
(d) Lastday.

6. According to the dwarves, when did the eighth dwarf disappear?
(a) The previous day.
(b) When Vicente left Montefiore.
(c) A year ago.
(d) Last spring.

7. Who kisses Bianca in "Fire and Ivy"?
(a) Michelotto.
(b) Ranuccio.
(c) Cesare.
(d) Prince Dschem.

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

9. Who narrates the chapter called "As-iksr"?
(a) A dwarf.
(b) Lucrezia.
(c) Bianca.
(d) Vicente.

10. Who does Bianca meet in the woods in "A Figure in the Clearing"?
(a) Primavera.
(b) Michelotto.
(c) Ranuccio.
(d) Vicente.

11. Who or what do the dwarves visit in "Fire and Ivy"?
(a) Rome.
(b) The church.
(c) Bianca's coffin.
(d) Montefiore.

12. What happens the more the dwarves eat?
(a) They become stronger and taller.
(b) They become smarter.
(c) They shink.
(d) They become more human-like and animated.

13. Where does Vicente find the branch from the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil?
(a) In Cesare's private quarters.
(b) In the forest.
(c) In a locked case.
(d) Behind glass in a chapel.

14. Where can the item that Lucrezia needs to possess in "Thais" be found?
(a) In Tuscany.
(b) In Rome.
(c) In Venice.
(d) In Athens.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What confuses Bianca in "A Hole in the World"?

2. What do the dwarves marvel at in "Fire and Ivy"?

3. What do the dwarves tell Bianca they would like returned to them in "The Dwarves"?

4. What did Ranuccio reveal to Primavera after he released Bianca in the woods?

5. How old is Lucrezia's son Rodrigo when he dies?

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