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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who comes to the fortezza in Part III?
(a) Helena.
(b) Il Bastianino.
(c) Ricardo.
(d) Michaelangelo.

2. What does Lucrezia ride away from the delizia in Part III?
(a) Her mule.
(b) Her stallion.
(c) Her long-maned mare.
(d) Her tiger.

3. What is Alfonso's response to Lucrezia's offers of helping him?
(a) She can help cook.
(b) She can help with war strategy.
(c) She can help with painting.
(d) He laughs at her and tells her that her place is in his bed.

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

5. What color are Elisabetta's rooms draped in?
(a) Green.
(b) Pink.
(c) Blue.
(d) Yellow.

6. What do Lucrezia and Emilia hear in the dead of night at the castello in Part IV?
(a) A piercing scream.
(b) A shot.
(c) A man singing.
(d) A tiger's howl.

7. What does Alfonso say during Lucrezia's portrait painting that is strange and disturbing?
(a) He says Lucrezia looks too old.
(b) He says Lucrezia looks ugly.
(c) He says Lucrezia should have been Maria.
(d) He calls Lucrezia his "first" duchess.

8. What does Lucrezia give the painter's apprentice in distress?
(a) Alcohol.
(b) Cheese.
(c) Honey and water.
(d) Bread.

9. How does Emilia get her scar?
(a) From a knife.
(b) From a stray shot.
(c) From a pot of boiling water.
(d) From birth.

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

11. What kind of portrait will Alfonso's commissioned painting of Lucrezia be?
(a) A garden portrait.
(b) A marriage portrait.
(c) A kitchen portrait.
(d) A sad portrait.

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

13. What does Il Bastianino always do before touching Lucrezia?
(a) Nothing.
(b) Puts makeup on her with a brush.
(c) Ask for Alfonso's permission but does not wait for him to answer.
(d) Whispers in her ear that he loves her.

14. Where does Nunciata tell Lucrezia Alfonso's mother currently is in Part III?
(a) Rome.
(b) Hamburg.
(c) France.
(d) Milan.

15. What do the people in Ferrara call Lucrezia as she rides into town?
(a) La Queen.
(b) La Duchessa.
(c) La Principessa.
(d) Lucrezia.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who does Lucrezia write to for the first time from the castello?

3. Who does Alfonso order to be killed in Part IV?

4. What does Alfonso tell Lucrezia is always resolved to his satisfaction?

5. What are Lucrezia's brothers trained as?

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