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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Lucrezia spend much of her toddler days?
(a) The gardens.
(b) The lavatory.
(c) The kitchens.
(d) The tower.

2. What does Lucrezia often do when Alfonso comes to have sex with her?
(a) Screams.
(b) Pretends not to be in her room.
(c) Pretends she is somewhere else.
(d) Cries.

3. What does Alfonso ask Lucrezia to take to Ferrara with her?
(a) Her younger sister.
(b) Her cat.
(c) Her horse.
(d) The painting he gave her.

4. What does Maria die from?
(a) Hunting accident.
(b) Cancer.
(c) Contagion of the lungs.
(d) Heart attack.

5. What story does Lucrezia like to hear repeatedly from her parents as a child?
(a) The story of their first baby.
(b) The stories of the war.
(c) The story of their first meeting.
(d) The story of their childhoods.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who once told Lucrezia that she had no idea what Alfonso is capable of?

2. Where is Lucrezia's mother from?

3. Who was supposed to marry the man Lucrezia eventually marries?

4. What does Leonello say Lucrezia is to Alfonso?

5. Who is Lucrezia's father?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Lucrezia wonder about Alfonso's feelings at their wedding?

2. What does Leonello tell Lucrezia will happen if she does not produce Alfonso's heir?

3. What is Lucrezia known for within her own family?

4. What is one cause of the trouble between Alfonso and his own mother?

5. How does Eleanora show Lucrezia affection when she almost dies?

6. What does the Duke want more than anything?

7. What does Lucrezia think Alfonso wants to do to her in Part I?

8. What does Alfonso say he thinks of the only portrait that Lucrezia's father has had done of her?

9. What does Alfonso urge Lucrezia again and again to do the night before she falls ill?

10. What is Eleanora doing at the moment of Lucrezia's conception?

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