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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Ludovico behave when Lucrezia visits Montefiore?

2. What is Cesare's hope for the future as explained in "A Stroll in the Country"?

3. What do the dwarfs begin to think of themselves as in "Seven"?

4. Why is Bianca shunned by the other girls living at the family home?

5. Who is Lucrezia unsuccessful at firing in Part Two?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Vicente find in the mud in Part 1?

2. What does Lucrezia have Ranuccio do in Part 2?

3. Describe Montefiore.

4. What happens when Primavera is fired in Part 2?

5. What kind of life does Bianca lead at the beginning of the novel?

6. What changes does Fra Ludovico note since the departure of Vicente in Part 2?

7. Who is the Duc de Valentinois?

8. What does Lucrezia ask the mirror in Part 2?

9. What has happened to Vicente in prison in Part 2?

10. Who is Primavera Vecchia?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the historical context of the novel "Mirror, Mirror". How does Maguire incorporate the real historical figures and the Renaissance into the novel?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the motif of family in the novel "Mirror, Mirror". Describe Bianca's family and Lucrezia's family. Is family important to them?

Essay Topic 3

Analyze and interpret the secondary characters of the novel. Who are they and what are their defining character traits? How are they related to Bianca? What are their roles in the novel?

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