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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Alfonso seem to want more than anything?
(a) A tiger.
(b) A baby.
(c) A crown.
(d) Money.

3. What does Leonello say Lucrezia is to Alfonso?
(a) A joke.
(b) A liability.
(c) A very valuable asset.
(d) A great love.

4. What does Lucrezia hear her old nurse Sofia telling her she needs in her hour of need in Part I?
(a) A dance.
(b) A nurse.
(c) A meal.
(d) A plan.

5. What is Lucrezia's mother thinking about when Lucrezia is conceived?
(a) Maps and territory.
(b) Food.
(c) Art.
(d) Herself.

6. What kind of dialect does Sofia speak?
(a) Herculean.
(b) Neapolitan.
(c) Milanese.
(d) Tuscan.

7. How old is Lucrezia when she gets married?
(a) 20.
(b) 30.
(c) 15.
(d) 21.

8. Who rides with Lucrezia on the horse on the way to her destination after the wedding?
(a) Helena.
(b) Isabella.
(c) Emilia.
(d) Eleanora.

9. How does Lucrezia feel when she wakens at the fortezza on her first night there?
(a) Very sad over her mother's death.
(b) Like she is going to die - she is in a lot of pain.
(c) Very rested.
(d) Completely normal.

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

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

12. Who was supposed to marry the man Lucrezia eventually marries?
(a) Emilia.
(b) Helena.
(c) Isabella.
(d) Maria.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Lucrezia's maid say in Part II that instantly makes her feel better?

2. What does Lucrezia grip in the carriage before she leaves Florence?

3. What does Alfonso say to his servant on their first night together that Lucrezia is surprised to hear?

4. What story does Lucrezia like to hear repeatedly from her parents as a child?

5. Who is one of Lucrezia's art teachers?

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