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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Lucrezia wear to disguise herself even at home?
(a) A veil.
(b) A burka.
(c) Her servant's dress.
(d) A hat.

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

3. What is the Italian word for "milk-mother"?
(a) Balia.
(b) Falia.
(c) Helia.
(d) Malia.

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

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

6. Where is the delizia near?
(a) Milan.
(b) Palanzia.
(c) Voghiera.
(d) Rome.

7. What do many people think Jacopo cannot do?
(a) Sing.
(b) Draw.
(c) Dance.
(d) Talk.

8. What does Lucrezia do during the storm in Part III?
(a) Stands at the window to watch.
(b) Cowers in her room during it.
(c) Reads during it.
(d) Runs out it in.

9. What does Lucrezia do much of while Alfonso is away?
(a) Paint.
(b) Dance.
(c) Eat.
(d) Sing.

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

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

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

13. What does Lucrezia realize she must keep hidden from Alfonso in Part III?
(a) The mothering part of herself.
(b) The financial part of herself.
(c) The vulnerable part of herself.
(d) The independent part of herself.

14. Who does Lucrezia write to for the first time from the castello?
(a) Her sister.
(b) Her father.
(c) Her mother.
(d) Her brother.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Alfonso say during Lucrezia's portrait painting that is strange and disturbing?

2. What does Lucrezia give the painter's apprentice in distress?

3. Who sets up Lucrezia's rooms at the castello for her?

4. What does Lucrezia manage to do to convince Alfonso she really is sorry for angering him?

5. Which lady servant does Nunciata arrange for Lucrezia?

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