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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 is unusual about Lucrezia's appearance?
(a) Her hair has never been cut from the day she was born.
(b) One leg is longer than the other.
(c) She is missing an ear.
(d) Her eyes are two different colors.

2. What language is the wedding mass conducted in?
(a) Russian.
(b) German.
(c) English.
(d) Latin.

3. What term of affection does Isabella use for Lucrezia's father?
(a) King.
(b) Babbo.
(c) Papa.
(d) Duke.

4. What does the Duke promise he will never do to Lucrezia?
(a) Berate her.
(b) Feed her.
(c) Yell at her.
(d) Hurt her.

5. What does Alfonso send Lucrezia a painting of before their wedding?
(a) A stone marten.
(b) A lion.
(c) A tiger.
(d) A bird.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who comes to take care of Lucrezia at the fortezza in Part II?

2. What does Lucrezia hear her old nurse Sofia telling her she needs in her hour of need in Part I?

3. Who does Lucrezia ride to her wedding with?

4. Where does Lucrezia spend much of her toddler days?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Alfonso do that is strange on his and Lucrezia's wedding day on the journey to his home?

3. What does the Duke want more than anything?

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

5. What does Lucrezia think of Leonello?

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

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

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

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

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

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