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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 Elisabetta suspect Lucrezia of doing to betray her?
(a) Telling Alfonso about her and her lover.
(b) Telling Alfonso she was planning a coup.
(c) Telling Alfonso she is not really a Catholic.
(d) Telling Alfonso she wanted a cat instead of a dog.

2. Who comes to see Lucrezia's gifts from Alfonso?
(a) Isabella.
(b) Helena.
(c) Sofia.
(d) Pietro.

3. Why is Lucrezia especially nervous at the fortezza near Bondeno in Part I?
(a) She is without her own servants.
(b) She is not allowed to go to church.
(c) She is hungry.
(d) She is pregnant.

4. How does Clelia do Lucrezia's hair?
(a) In flowers.
(b) In a ponytail.
(c) In a diadem.
(d) In curls.

5. What does Leonello tell Lucrezia is his role to play in this moment at the end of Part II?
(a) To beat her into submission.
(b) To be a lover to her.
(c) To make sure nothing happens to her.
(d) Nothing.

Short Answer Questions

1. What color are the eyes of the painter's apprentice who becomes ill?

2. How often does the doctor tell Alfonso to have sex with Lucrezia in order to conceive?

3. What does the Duke promise Lucrezia he will have done for her in Part II?

4. How do Sofia's father's guards dress?

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

(see the answer key)

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