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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 kind of portrait will Alfonso's commissioned painting of Lucrezia be?
(a) A garden portrait.
(b) A marriage portrait.
(c) A sad portrait.
(d) A kitchen portrait.

2. What does Lucrezia give the painter's apprentice in distress?
(a) Alcohol.
(b) Cheese.
(c) Honey and water.
(d) Bread.

3. What does Lucrezia think her husband is trying to do to her?
(a) Convert her to another religion.
(b) Make her love someone else.
(c) Kill her.
(d) Maim her.

4. What does Elisabetta ask to call Lucrezia?
(a) Lou.
(b) Lou-Lou.
(c) Lucre.
(d) Lucy.

5. Who is Lucrezia upset at not being able to say farewell to?
(a) Pietro.
(b) Isabella.
(c) Sofia.
(d) Maria.

Short Answer Questions

1. What animals end up killing the new enchanting animal in the menagerie?

2. What does Sofia say to Lucrezia in a dream?

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

4. Where does Lucrezia think she might never see again as she rides away from it in Part III?

5. What does Alfonso give Lucrezia as a surprise gift in Part III?

(see the answer key)

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