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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. Who wants to keep Lucrezia's hair?
(a) Emilia.
(b) Alfonso.
(c) Cosimo.
(d) Eleanora.

3. Why does Emilia say the servants were awed by Lucrezia in Florence?
(a) Her hair.
(b) Her touching the tiger.
(c) Her dancing.
(d) Her voice.

4. What color are the reins on Lucrezia's new animal?
(a) Puce.
(b) Green.
(c) Red and gold.
(d) Blue and yellow.

5. What language is the wedding mass conducted in?
(a) English.
(b) Latin.
(c) German.
(d) Russian.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who comes to take care of Lucrezia at the fortezza in Part II?

2. What does Emilia urge Lucrezia to wear in Part IV?

3. What does Il Bastianino always do before touching Lucrezia?

4. Where does Lucrezia think she might never see again as she rides away from it in Part III?

5. Who is Lucrezia's father's right-hand advisor?

(see the answer key)

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