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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. What kind of singers does Alfonso like?
(a) Evirati.
(b) Pavorati.
(c) Jovanoti.
(d) Micharoti.

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

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

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

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

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

10. What is asked of Lucrezia at the delizia?
(a) Gardening.
(b) Cooking.
(c) War counsel.
(d) Nothing.

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

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

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

14. What color is the outfit Alfonso picks for Lucrezia to wear for her portrait?
(a) Green and orange.
(b) Blue and red.
(c) Yellow and blue.
(d) Red and black.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Jacopo say he will never forget Lucrezia for?

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

3. What does Lucrezia think when she finds out the singers have been castrated at young ages?

4. What are Lucrezia's brothers trained as?

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

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