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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What color are the eyes of the painter's apprentice who becomes ill?
(a) Gray.
(b) Brown.
(c) Aquamarine.
(d) Green.

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

3. Whose hairstyle does Lucrezia's begin to imitate in Part III?
(a) Elisabetta's.
(b) Helena's.
(c) Michaela's.
(d) Nunciata's.

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

5. What does Lucrezia know she has been brought up for?
(a) Singing.
(b) Fighting.
(c) Marriage.
(d) Dancing.

6. What links Lucrezia's rooms with Alfonso's?
(a) A balcony.
(b) A staircase.
(c) A fireman's pole.
(d) Nothing.

7. 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.

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

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

10. How does Lucrezia bid goodbye to Alfonso in Part III?
(a) Throwing her shoe at him.
(b) Waving a handkerchief.
(c) Throwing a fig after him.
(d) Singing.

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

12. What color are the reins on Lucrezia's new animal?
(a) Red and gold.
(b) Green.
(c) Puce.
(d) Blue and yellow.

13. What does Alfonso tell Lucrezia never to do again in Part III?
(a) Change her clothes in front of him.
(b) Question his or Leonello's judgement.
(c) Eat in front of people.
(d) Cut her hair.

14. What does Elisabetta warn Lucrezia about?
(a) Alfonso killed his own mother.
(b) Alfonso has many girlfriends.
(c) Alfonso will blame her if they cannot conceive.
(d) Alfonso only loved Maria.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Lucrezia and Emilia hear in the dead of night at the castello in Part IV?

2. Where does Lucrezia think she might never see again as she rides away from it in Part III?

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

4. What does Lucrezia do during the storm in Part III?

5. What does Nunciata always keep with her?

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