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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. Who does Lucrezia write to for the first time from the castello?
(a) Her brother.
(b) Her sister.
(c) Her mother.
(d) Her father.

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

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

4. What does Emilia urge Lucrezia to wear in Part IV?
(a) Her cintura.
(b) Her ring.
(c) Her belt.
(d) Her staff.

5. Who is Lucrezia's father?
(a) Cosimo.
(b) Herbert.
(c) Frederico.
(d) Antonio.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Lucrezia think about becoming a mother?

2. What does Nuncia say when Lucrezia asks why someone wants her hair?

3. What does Eleanora tell Lucrezia when she writes to her family saying she does not feel safe?

4. What does Lucrezia try to convince herself of at the start of Part II?

5. Which sister does Lucrezia end up spending more time with at the castello?

(see the answer key)

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