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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does the Duke promise he will never do to Lucrezia?
(a) Yell at her.
(b) Feed her.
(c) Hurt her.
(d) Berate her.

3. Who once told Lucrezia that she had no idea what Alfonso is capable of?
(a) Eleanora.
(b) Helena.
(c) Isabella.
(d) Elisabetta.

4. Where does Lucrezia spend much of her toddler days?
(a) The gardens.
(b) The lavatory.
(c) The tower.
(d) The kitchens.

5. Who is one of Lucrezia's art teachers?
(a) Tenari.
(b) Mercari.
(c) Vasari.
(d) Helari.

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

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

8. What does Lucrezia do to the tiger that gets her in trouble?
(a) Pets it.
(b) Nothing.
(c) Sings to it.
(d) Yells at it.

9. Why is Lucrezia especially nervous at the fortezza near Bondeno in Part I?
(a) She is pregnant.
(b) She is without her own servants.
(c) She is not allowed to go to church.
(d) She is hungry.

10. What does Maria die from?
(a) Heart attack.
(b) Cancer.
(c) Hunting accident.
(d) Contagion of the lungs.

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

12. 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 has a fondness for beasts.
(c) He recalls she likes hunting.
(d) He recalls she likes jewels.

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

14. Where is Lucrezia's mother from?
(a) Spain.
(b) Germany.
(c) America.
(d) Italy.

15. What color is Lucrezia's wedding dress?
(a) White.
(b) Many different shades of blue.
(c) Red.
(d) Black.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who rides with Lucrezia on the horse on the way to her destination after the wedding?

2. What does Lucrezia always paint upon?

3. What kind of jewel does Alfonso send to Lucrezia?

4. Who does Leonello tell Lucrezia has ordered Alfonso's mother's exile?

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

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