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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. What is the name of the palace where Lucrezia is headed in "The Heart of the Matter"?

2. What is the name of the son that Lucrezia gives birth to in "Thais"?

3. According to the dwarves, when did the eighth dwarf disappear?

4. What does Michelotto do when he sees a signal relating to the coffin in "Fire and Ivy"?

5. Who sends Lucrezia to the open water in "The Heart of the Matter"?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Who is Michelotto?

3. How does Lucrezia react to the sacred branch in Part 3?

4. How does Lucrezia head for the palace of the Doge in "The Heart of the Matter"?

5. What news is Vicente told when he returns to Montefiore in Part 3?

6. What does Lucrezia discover about the gondolier in Part 4?

7. What happens when the dwarves eat soup in Part 3?

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

9. Why does Lucrezia feel alone in Part 3?

10. Why did Primavera lose her ability to speak?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the setting of the novel. In what way is the setting an important aspect of this story? How do the different settings in the novel contrast with one another?

Essay Topic 2

Analyze and interpret the character Lucrezia. What are her defining character traits? What is her role in the story? What makes her the antagonist of the story? What are her goals and ambitions? Why does she dislike Bianca?

Essay Topic 3

What mystery surrounds the mirror? What questions might one ask about the mirror as the novel progresses? Do these questions get answered?

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