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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Lucrezia have a second child with in "Thais"?
(a) Fiorenzo Grieco.
(b) Francisco Gonzaga.
(c) Flavio Gelmi.
(d) Fedele Galasso.

2. What stops Bianca from thinking she is dreaming in "The Dwarves"?
(a) She loses her balance.
(b) She grows hungry.
(c) She gets the urge to urinate.
(d) She pricks her finger.

3. What does Vicente see on the branch in "A Beast in the Wall"?
(a) A drop of blood.
(b) Two pairs of carved initials.
(c) A blossoming blue and white flower.
(d) Three ripe apples.

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

5. What does Lucrezia disguise herself as in "An Ivory Comb, My Dear"?
(a) A dirty, bedraggled monk.
(b) A tavern wench.
(c) A vagrant.
(d) An elderly woman.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Bianca see when she peers through a window in "A Figure in the Clearing"?

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

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

5. How does Lucrezia feel when Vicente returns to Montefiore?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Bianca notice of the people at Montefiore in "Montefiore"?

2. Why does Lucrezia feel alone in Part 3?

3. What does Bianca remember of Montefiore in "A Hole in the World"? What does her memory lead her to wish for?

4. How does Lucrezia poison Bianca in "Two Bites from the Apple"?

5. Why does Lucrezia travel to the palace of the Doge in Part 4?

6. What does Vicente achieve at the end of "A Beast in the Wall"?

7. How does Bianca feel when she returns to Montefiore in "Montefiore"?

8. Who does Lucrezia give birth to in Part 4?

9. What happens when Vicente talks aloud in his cell in "A Beast in the Wall"?

10. What do the dwarves tell Bianca about her home and family in "The Dwarves"?

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