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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. Who mostly raises Lucrezia?
(a) Helena.
(b) Eleanora.
(c) Sofia.
(d) Romana.

2. What nickname does Lucrezia's father call her?
(a) Lucre.
(b) Lu.
(c) Lou-Lou.
(d) Lucy.

3. What creatures does Eleanora keep in the name of fashion?
(a) Goldfish.
(b) Lions.
(c) Paint worms.
(d) Silkworms.

4. What are the ceilings at the delizia decorated with?
(a) Flowers.
(b) Lemons.
(c) Animals.
(d) Frescoes.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Alfonso do before having sex with Lucrezia?

2. What animals end up killing the new enchanting animal in the menagerie?

3. How does Lucrezia feel when she wakens at the fortezza on her first night there?

4. What does Lucrezia do to the tiger that gets her in trouble?

5. What does Alfonso say to his servant on their first night together that Lucrezia is surprised to hear?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Lucrezia turn out to have a particular talent for?

3. What does the Duke send to Lucrezia as an engagement gift?

4. How does Sofia help delay Lucrezia's marriage?

5. Where does Lucrezia spend much of her earliest days?

6. What does Lucrezia often do during group lessons with her siblings?

7. What does the Duke want more than anything?

8. How does the tigress die?

9. Why does Lucrezia end up marrying the Duke of Ferrara?

10. Why does Lucrezia feel so alone at the country fortress in Part II?

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