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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What nickname does Lucrezia's father call her?
(a) Lucy.
(b) Lou-Lou.
(c) Lucre.
(d) Lu.

2. How does Lucrezia address her letter to Alfonso?
(a) Dear Alfonso.
(b) Dear Duke.
(c) Your Excellency.
(d) Your Highness.

3. What province is Alfonso Duke of?
(a) Ferrara.
(b) Milan.
(c) Rome.
(d) Tuscany.

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

5. What is Lucrezia's first word of Ferrarese?
(a) La Tavolo.
(b) Ta Traina.
(c) La Beasta.
(d) La Faina.

6. Who is the Duke's right-hand person?
(a) Leonello Baldassare.
(b) Michaelangelo.
(c) Henari Fortissimo.
(d) Bernarni.

7. Who are Lucrezia's two sisters?
(a) Isabella and Helena.
(b) Maria and Emilia.
(c) Helena and Maria.
(d) Maria and Isabella.

8. What does Alfonso send Lucrezia a painting of before their wedding?
(a) A stone marten.
(b) A lion.
(c) A bird.
(d) A tiger.

9. Who comes to see Lucrezia's gifts from Alfonso?
(a) Isabella.
(b) Pietro.
(c) Helena.
(d) Sofia.

10. Who mostly raises Lucrezia?
(a) Romana.
(b) Eleanora.
(c) Helena.
(d) Sofia.

11. What are the ceilings at the delizia decorated with?
(a) Flowers.
(b) Animals.
(c) Lemons.
(d) Frescoes.

12. What is Lucrezia's mother's nickname?
(a) La Bellissima.
(b) La Helena.
(c) La Romana.
(d) La Fecundissima.

13. What does Alfonso ask Lucrezia to take to Ferrara with her?
(a) The painting he gave her.
(b) Her cat.
(c) Her younger sister.
(d) Her horse.

14. Why does Alfonso say, in his letter, he chose the particular painting he did for Lucrezia?
(a) He recalls she likes silk.
(b) He recalls she likes hunting.
(c) He recalls she has a fondness for beasts.
(d) He recalls she likes jewels.

15. What is the Duke's villa in the country called?
(a) The delizia.
(b) The castello.
(c) The baclonia.
(d) The fortezza.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Lucrezia hear her old nurse Sofia telling her she needs in her hour of need in Part I?

2. What does Lucrezia often do when Alfonso comes to have sex with her?

3. What can Lucrezia understand that it seems no one else in her family can?

4. What does Leonello say Lucrezia is to Alfonso?

5. What kind of dialect does Sofia speak?

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