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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 does Alfonso seem to want more than anything?
(a) A crown.
(b) A tiger.
(c) A baby.
(d) Money.

2. What area does Lucrezia's father rule?
(a) Tuscany.
(b) Mila.
(c) Rome.
(d) Ferrara.

3. What river does Lucrezia travel along to get to the fortress in Part I?
(a) Po.
(b) Mississippi.
(c) Elba.
(d) Tiber.

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

5. What does Eleanora tell Lucrezia she can do in order to cheer her up out of a depression during her childhood?
(a) Take dancing lessons.
(b) Take drawing lessons.
(c) Go to Berlin.
(d) Go to Venice.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Lucrezia end up being very talented at?

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

3. Where is Alfonso before he gets married to Lucrezia?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Eleanora known for and what is her nickname?

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

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

4. What does the Duke want more than anything?

5. What does Lucrezia think of her wedding gown?

6. Why is Cosimo a bit reluctant to have Lucrezia marry the Duke?

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

8. Why is Isabella jealous of Lucrezia?

9. What does Lucrezia think of Leonello?

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

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