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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 Lucrezia grip in the carriage before she leaves Florence?
(a) The beads on her crown.
(b) Her glass animal.
(c) Her tiger's tail.
(d) The cross on her rosary.

2. What does Lucrezia hear her old nurse Sofia telling her she needs in her hour of need in Part I?
(a) A dance.
(b) A meal.
(c) A nurse.
(d) A plan.

3. How long does Sofia delay Lucrezia's wedding for?
(a) Almost a year.
(b) Three years.
(c) One month.
(d) Three months.

4. What do the people in Ferrara call Lucrezia as she rides into town?
(a) La Duchessa.
(b) La Queen.
(c) Lucrezia.
(d) La Principessa.

5. What does Jacopo say he will never forget Lucrezia for?
(a) Her beauty.
(b) Her honor.
(c) Saving his life.
(d) Her voice.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Alfonso seem to insist Lucrezia do early in Part V?

2. How does Alfonso address his very first letter to Lucrezia?

3. Who is the Duke's right-hand person?

4. What is the setting of Lucrezia's marriage to Alfonso called?

5. What does Emilia hear about the source of the scream?

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