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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 Eleanora caution Lucrezia to be careful of?
(a) Alfonso's sisters.
(b) Lucrezia's own sisters.
(c) Alfonso's brother.
(d) The evirati.

2. What does Il Bastianino always do before touching Lucrezia?
(a) Ask for Alfonso's permission but does not wait for him to answer.
(b) Whispers in her ear that he loves her.
(c) Puts makeup on her with a brush.
(d) Nothing.

3. What does Lucrezia manage to do to convince Alfonso she really is sorry for angering him?
(a) Nothing.
(b) Shout.
(c) Cry.
(d) Laugh.

4. What does Lucrezia think when she finds out the singers have been castrated at young ages?
(a) She is delighted.
(b) She is indifferent.
(c) She is appalled.
(d) She is suspicious.

5. What does Lucrezia know she has been brought up for?
(a) Dancing.
(b) Fighting.
(c) Marriage.
(d) Singing.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Lucrezia and Emilia hear in the dead of night at the castello in Part IV?

2. What kind of singers does Alfonso like?

3. What does Alfonso say during Lucrezia's portrait painting that is strange and disturbing?

4. What does Nunciata always keep with her?

5. What does a servant tell Lucrezia not to do on Alfonso's orders in Part IV?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Nunciata like to Lucrezia?

2. What does Lucrezia ask at court which Alfonso embarrasses her about?

3. In the start of Part III, why does Lucrezia have some hope she may be able to survive Alfonso's attempts on her life?

4. What does the Duke say when Lucrezia suggests she may help him with is duties?

5. Who does Lucrezia write to to say her life is in danger in Part III?

6. What do Lucrezia and Jacopo have in common?

7. What happens to Contrari?

8. What playful gesture does the Duke do to Lucrezia that brings back sour memories of her childhood?

9. How does Lucrezia feel about posing for a portrait?

10. What does Lucrezia do when Alfonso is away that makes her very happy?

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