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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 the Duke of Ferrara try to feed Lucrezia in Part I?
(a) Chicken.
(b) Venison baked in wine.
(c) Rice.
(d) Beef.

2. Where is Alfonso before he gets married to Lucrezia?
(a) America.
(b) Russia.
(c) France.
(d) Germany.

3. What does Nunciata say Lucrezia seems upon their first meeting?
(a) Sour.
(b) Old.
(c) Funny.
(d) Young.

4. Who does Lucrezia notice Elisabetta seems interested in?
(a) Minoti.
(b) Jovanoti.
(c) Holdari.
(d) Contrari.

5. What does Lucrezia think when she finds out the singers have been castrated at young ages?
(a) She is indifferent.
(b) She is delighted.
(c) She is suspicious.
(d) She is appalled.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Lucrezia's mother thinking about when Lucrezia is conceived?

2. What does Maria die from?

3. What does Leonello do to a servant in Part III that is brutal?

4. What is the Duke's villa in the country called?

5. What does Alfonso tell Lucrezia never to do again in Part III?

(see the answer key)

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