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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part V (Pages 286 - 333, The Marriage Portrait of Lucrezia, Duchess of Ferrara - The Underpainting and the Overpainting).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Lucrezia hear her old nurse Sofia telling her she needs in her hour of need in Part I?
(a) A nurse.
(b) A meal.
(c) A dance.
(d) A plan.

2. What area does Lucrezia's father rule?
(a) Rome.
(b) Tuscany.
(c) Ferrara.
(d) Mila.

3. Who does Lucrezia think is in on her husband's murderous plot in Part V?
(a) Jacopo.
(b) Helena.
(c) Maurizio.
(d) Leonello Baldassare.

4. Who comes to take care of Lucrezia at the fortezza in Part II?
(a) Emilia.
(b) Sofia.
(c) Cosimo.
(d) Eleanora.

5. How does Lucrezia react when the tiger dies?
(a) She does not care.
(b) She never hears of the tiger's death.
(c) She is devastated.
(d) She is very angry.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is asked of Lucrezia at the delizia?

2. Whose hairstyle does Lucrezia's begin to imitate in Part III?

3. Why does Emilia feel it is best to get dressed and make an appearance?

4. What is Lucrezia bound to Alfonso by?

5. Who does Lucrezia write to for the first time from the castello?

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