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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Who narrates "Montefiore"?
(a) Ranuccio.
(b) The dwarves.
(c) Lucrezia.
(d) Bianca.

4. Where is Bianca's coffin placed?
(a) In a treehouse in Lazio.
(b) In the woods in Tuscany.
(c) In a valley in Marche.
(d) At the top of a mountain in Umbria.

5. What does Lucrezia do when she heads for open water in "The Heart of the Matter"?
(a) She sings a merry tune.
(b) She throws her jewelry in the water.
(c) She instructs the gondolier to turn back toward the city.
(d) She washes her hair in the water.

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

7. What does Michelotto do when he sees a signal relating to the coffin in "Fire and Ivy"?
(a) He smiles and laughs.
(b) He returns the following day when he thinks no one will be around.
(c) He makes his way to the coffin.
(d) He gathers flowers to take to the coffin.

8. What is the name of the palace where Lucrezia is headed in "The Heart of the Matter"?
(a) The palace of the Dorotello.
(b) The palace of the Dotto.
(c) The palace of the Doge.
(d) The palace of the Doggio.

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 sleeps for four days straight.
(c) He sets fire to a wooden monument.
(d) He eats a whole tub of grapes.

10. What do the dwarves marvel at in "Fire and Ivy"?
(a) How long it has been since Vicente has visited.
(b) The bright sun.
(c) Their new form.
(d) Bianca's beauty.

11. What is Lucrezia amazed by in "The Heart of the Matter"?
(a) That Venice is so chaotic.
(b) That Venice is so empty.
(c) That Venice is so smelly.
(d) That Venice is so foggy.

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

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

14. What is the name of the son that Lucrezia gives birth to in "Thais"?
(a) Biagio.
(b) Domenico.
(c) Alessandro.
(d) Matteo.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Lucrezia believe of the apple from The Tree of Knowledge?

2. Where is the Greek monastery where Vicente is being held?

3. What happened to Primavera when Ranuccio revealed the truth to her in Part 4?

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

5. What did Ranuccio do after releasing Bianca in the woods?

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