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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 are Alfonso's sisters?
(a) Elisabetta and Eleanora.
(b) Nunciata and Helena.
(c) Elisabetta and Nunciata.
(d) Helena and Elisabetta.

2. In what year does Lucrezia think her husband tries to murder her?
(a) 1500.
(b) 1675.
(c) 1561.
(d) 1607.

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

4. What is the setting of Lucrezia's marriage to Alfonso called?
(a) Finacing.
(b) Helig.
(c) Martinzo.
(d) Betrothal.

5. What is the Italian word for "milk-mother"?
(a) Falia.
(b) Helia.
(c) Malia.
(d) Balia.

Short Answer Questions

1. What color is Lucrezia's wedding dress?

2. What does Lucrezia think Sofia would have made a wonderful one of if she had been born a man?

3. What is the Duke's villa in the country called?

4. What links Lucrezia's rooms with Alfonso's?

5. Where does the supposed other doctor who Alfonso consults with come from?

(see the answer key)

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