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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 is Alfonso's response to Lucrezia's offers of helping him?
(a) She can help with painting.
(b) She can help with war strategy.
(c) She can help cook.
(d) He laughs at her and tells her that her place is in his bed.

2. What does Lucrezia do much of while Alfonso is away?
(a) Eat.
(b) Paint.
(c) Dance.
(d) Sing.

3. What does Eleanora dictate must be rinsed through Lucrezia's hair?
(a) Lavendar.
(b) Rose water.
(c) Bean-flower water.
(d) Nothing.

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

5. What kind of flowers does Lucrezia have on her wedding day?
(a) Geraniums.
(b) Lilies.
(c) Roses.
(d) Daisies.

Short Answer Questions

1. What animal does Lucrezia's father procure for his meagerie?

2. What is lowered at the castello in Ferrara for Lucrezia's arrival?

3. What is unusual about Lucrezia's appearance?

4. What happens to the painter's apprentice in Part III?

5. What does Lucrezia feel kinship with in the way Alfonso treats them both?

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