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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 Alfonso do before having sex with Lucrezia?
(a) Talks to her quite a bit.
(b) Introduces her to his dog.
(c) Asks her if she wants something to eat.
(d) Beats her.

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

3. What links Lucrezia's rooms with Alfonso's?
(a) A fireman's pole.
(b) Nothing.
(c) A balcony.
(d) A staircase.

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

5. What does Alfonso tell Lucrezia never to do again in Part III?
(a) Change her clothes in front of him.
(b) Eat in front of people.
(c) Cut her hair.
(d) Question his or Leonello's judgement.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Lucrezia know she has been brought up for?

2. Why does Emilia say the servants were awed by Lucrezia in Florence?

3. What does Lucrezia do much of while Alfonso is away?

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

5. What does Lucrezia speak with Jacopo?

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