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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Lucrezia bound to Alfonso by?
(a) The Church.
(b) Her sister.
(c) Her brother.
(d) The State.

2. What does Emilia urge Lucrezia to wear in Part IV?
(a) Her cintura.
(b) Her staff.
(c) Her ring.
(d) Her belt.

3. Which sister does Lucrezia end up spending more time with at the castello?
(a) Emilia.
(b) Anuncio.
(c) Elisabetta.
(d) Helena.

4. What does Elisabetta ask to call Lucrezia?
(a) Lucre.
(b) Lucy.
(c) Lou.
(d) Lou-Lou.

5. What does Lucrezia say she can help Alfonso with?
(a) All his affairs.
(b) His food.
(c) His hair.
(d) His decorating.

6. Where does Lucrezia think she might never see again as she rides away from it in Part III?
(a) Her mother's house.
(b) Her brother's house.
(c) The delizia.
(d) The fortress.

7. What does Eleanora dictate must be rinsed through Lucrezia's hair?
(a) Nothing.
(b) Lavendar.
(c) Bean-flower water.
(d) Rose water.

8. What does Eleanora caution Lucrezia to be careful of?
(a) Lucrezia's own sisters.
(b) The evirati.
(c) Alfonso's sisters.
(d) Alfonso's brother.

9. Who sets up Lucrezia's rooms at the castello for her?
(a) Elisabetta.
(b) Nunciata.
(c) Helena.
(d) Eleanora.

10. What does Elisabetta suspect Lucrezia of doing to betray her?
(a) Telling Alfonso she was planning a coup.
(b) Telling Alfonso about her and her lover.
(c) Telling Alfonso she is not really a Catholic.
(d) Telling Alfonso she wanted a cat instead of a dog.

11. What are Lucrezia's brothers trained as?
(a) Rulers.
(b) Writers.
(c) Singers.
(d) Dancers.

12. What does Alfonso tell Lucrezia is always resolved to his satisfaction?
(a) Everything.
(b) Matters of fashion.
(c) Gardening matters.
(d) Nothing.

13. Why does Emilia feel it is best to get dressed and make an appearance?
(a) To challenge Isabella.
(b) To challenge Ricardo.
(c) To challenge Alfonso.
(d) To challenge Eleanora.

14. What kind of singers does Alfonso like?
(a) Micharoti.
(b) Pavorati.
(c) Jovanoti.
(d) Evirati.

15. Who does Alfonso order to be killed in Part IV?
(a) Contrari.
(b) Elisabetta.
(c) Nuncia.
(d) His mother.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Nunciata always keep with her?

2. What is lowered at the castello in Ferrara for Lucrezia's arrival?

3. What does Lucrezia pretend to like doing because she thinks it is expected of her?

4. What color is the outfit Alfonso picks for Lucrezia to wear for her portrait?

5. What happens to the painter's apprentice in Part III?

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