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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is lowered at the castello in Ferrara for Lucrezia's arrival?
(a) The drawbridge.
(b) The flags.
(c) The battlements.
(d) The flowers.

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

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

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

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

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

7. What is the name of the ill painter's apprentice?
(a) Michaelangelo.
(b) Jacopo.
(c) Ricardo.
(d) Rosa.

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

9. Who are Alfonso's sisters?
(a) Elisabetta and Nunciata.
(b) Helena and Elisabetta.
(c) Nunciata and Helena.
(d) Elisabetta and Eleanora.

10. What does Lucrezia manage to do to convince Alfonso she really is sorry for angering him?
(a) Shout.
(b) Cry.
(c) Nothing.
(d) Laugh.

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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Lucrezia bid goodbye to Alfonso in Part III?

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

3. What color are Elisabetta's rooms draped in?

4. What do the people in Ferrara call Lucrezia as she rides into town?

5. What does Alfonso tell Lucrezia never to do again in Part III?

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