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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part IV (Pages 222 - 285, Sisters of Alfonso II, Seen From a Distance).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind of dialect does Sofia speak?
(a) Milanese.
(b) Neapolitan.
(c) Tuscan.
(d) Herculean.

2. What does Emilia hear about the source of the scream?
(a) It is Sofia.
(b) It is Nuncia.
(c) It is Elisabetta.
(d) It is Jacopo.

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

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

5. Where is the delizia near?
(a) Rome.
(b) Milan.
(c) Voghiera.
(d) Palanzia.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Eleanora dictate must be rinsed through Lucrezia's hair?

2. What does Alfonso seem to want more than anything?

3. What story does Lucrezia like to hear repeatedly from her parents as a child?

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

5. Why does Alfonso say, in his letter, he chose the particular painting he did for Lucrezia?

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