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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What does Emilia hear about the source of the scream?
(a) It is Jacopo.
(b) It is Elisabetta.
(c) It is Nuncia.
(d) It is Sofia.

4. What does Lucrezia think when she finds out the singers have been castrated at young ages?
(a) She is delighted.
(b) She is indifferent.
(c) She is suspicious.
(d) She is appalled.

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

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

7. What can Lucrezia not stop herself from doing when Alfonso chides her during the storm?
(a) Eating.
(b) Yelling.
(c) Collapsing.
(d) Smirking.

8. What does Lucrezia speak with Jacopo?
(a) English.
(b) German.
(c) Neapolitan dialect.
(d) Russian.

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

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

11. 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) Runs out it in.
(d) Reads during it.

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

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

14. Who does Lucrezia notice Elisabetta seems interested in?
(a) Minoti.
(b) Holdari.
(c) Contrari.
(d) Jovanoti.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Nunciata always keep with her?

3. Who comes to the fortezza in Part III?

4. How does Emilia get her scar?

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

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