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

2. How does Lucrezia react when the tiger dies?
(a) She is devastated.
(b) She never hears of the tiger's death.
(c) She is very angry.
(d) She does not care.

3. Who rides with Lucrezia on the horse on the way to her destination after the wedding?
(a) Emilia.
(b) Isabella.
(c) Eleanora.
(d) Helena.

4. What is Lucrezia's mother thinking about when Lucrezia is conceived?
(a) Food.
(b) Maps and territory.
(c) Art.
(d) Herself.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Lucrezia's maid say in Part II that instantly makes her feel better?

2. What is Lucrezia's mother's nickname?

3. What does Lucrezia grip in the carriage before she leaves Florence?

4. Who is Lucrezia's father?

5. What does Lucrezia often do when Alfonso comes to have sex with her?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What does the Duke want more than anything?

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

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

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

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

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

9. How does the tigress die?

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

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