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

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

3. What do the dwarves tell Bianca about the eighth dwarf in "The Dwarves"?
(a) He is travelling the world.
(b) He went to Montefiore to speak to her father.
(c) He is hiding somewhere in the cottage.
(d) He is in France somewhere.

4. Who tells Vicente that Bianca is dead?
(a) The dwarf.
(b) Fra Ludovico.
(c) Lucrezia.
(d) Primavera.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was the monastery where Ranuccio went after he released Bianca in the woods?

2. Which dwarf has a red beard?

3. What led Ranuccio to the monastery after he released Bianca in the woods?

4. Where is Bianca's coffin placed?

5. What does Lucrezia notice about the dwarves' cottage in "Reflections"?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Who is Michelotto?

4. What does Lucrezia see in the mirror in "Mirror Mirror"?

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

6. What does Nextday tell Bianca about the mirror in Part 3?

7. What does Ranuccio deny Michelotto? What does Ranuccio do in his place?

8. What does Lucrezia note of Venice in Part 4?

9. How does the eighth dwarf help Vicente in Part 3?

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

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