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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 comes running out to make sure to say goodbye to Lucrezia before she leaves for Ferrara in Part II?
(a) Maria.
(b) Pietro.
(c) Henry.
(d) Sofia.

2. What does Lucrezia do to the tiger that gets her in trouble?
(a) Sings to it.
(b) Yells at it.
(c) Nothing.
(d) Pets it.

3. How long does Sofia delay Lucrezia's wedding for?
(a) Almost a year.
(b) Three months.
(c) One month.
(d) Three years.

4. What is Lucrezia's mother's nickname?
(a) La Romana.
(b) La Helena.
(c) La Fecundissima.
(d) La Bellissima.

5. What does Lucrezia end up being very talented at?
(a) Writing.
(b) Dancing.
(c) Art.
(d) Singing.

Short Answer Questions

1. What story does Lucrezia like to hear repeatedly from her parents as a child?

2. What are the ceilings at the delizia decorated with?

3. Who is Lucrezia's mother?

4. Who does Emilia tell Lucrezia she hears Alfonso curse?

5. What does Leonello tell Lucrezia is his role to play in this moment at the end of Part II?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. How does the tigress die?

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

6. Why does Lucrezia almost feel that she wants to die in Part II?

7. What does Lucrezia struggle to ask her mother in the carriage on the way to the wedding?

8. Who comes to help Lucrezia at the fortress when she is ill?

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

10. What is Lucrezia's first sexual experience with Alfonso like?

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