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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What story does Lucrezia like to hear repeatedly from her parents as a child?
(a) The stories of the war.
(b) The story of their first baby.
(c) The story of their childhoods.
(d) The story of their first meeting.

4. What animal does Lucrezia's father procure for his meagerie?
(a) A lemur.
(b) A whale.
(c) A stone marten.
(d) A tiger.

5. What is Lucrezia holding the first time she meets Alfonso?
(a) A mouse.
(b) A tree.
(c) A ferret.
(d) A flower.

6. Who does Lucrezia ride to her wedding with?
(a) The Pope.
(b) The Duke.
(c) Her parents.
(d) Sofia.

7. What does Lucrezia always paint upon?
(a) A wall.
(b) A razor.
(c) A stone.
(d) A tavolo.

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

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

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

11. What does Lucrezia try to convince herself of at the start of Part II?
(a) She is pregnant.
(b) Alfonso means her no harm.
(c) Her sister wanted her to marry Alfonso.
(d) Her mother does love her.

12. What does Sofia do to try to delay Lucrezia's marriage?
(a) Lie about her not having started to menstruate yet.
(b) Nothing.
(c) Feign that she can not read.
(d) Cut off her finger.

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

14. Which cousin does Lucrezia suggest to her father might marry Alfonso in her place?
(a) Helena.
(b) Isabella.
(c) Dianora.
(d) Eleanora.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Lucrezia feel when she wakens at the fortezza on her first night there?

2. How old is the Duke when Lucrezia thinks he is trying to kill her?

3. What does Eleanora tell Lucrezia she can do in order to cheer her up out of a depression during her childhood?

4. What animals end up killing the new enchanting animal in the menagerie?

5. What language is the wedding mass conducted in?

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