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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 Leonello do to a servant in Part III that is brutal?
(a) Berates him verbally.
(b) Beats him.
(c) Kills him.
(d) Leonello does not mistreat a servant.

2. What does Alfonso say during Lucrezia's portrait painting that is strange and disturbing?
(a) He calls Lucrezia his "first" duchess.
(b) He says Lucrezia should have been Maria.
(c) He says Lucrezia looks too old.
(d) He says Lucrezia looks ugly.

3. What does a servant tell Lucrezia not to do on Alfonso's orders in Part IV?
(a) Dance.
(b) Leave her room.
(c) Eat.
(d) Sing.

4. What does Lucrezia ride away from the delizia in Part III?
(a) Her long-maned mare.
(b) Her mule.
(c) Her tiger.
(d) Her stallion.

5. What are Lucrezia's brothers trained as?
(a) Rulers.
(b) Dancers.
(c) Writers.
(d) Singers.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to the painter's apprentice in Part III?

2. What does Lucrezia think when she finds out the singers have been castrated at young ages?

3. Where is the delizia near?

4. What is asked of Lucrezia at the delizia?

5. How does Emilia get her scar?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Lucrezia's mother tell her about Alfonso's sisters?

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

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

5. Who does Emilia hear has ordered the Duke's mother's exile?

6. Who does Lucrezia save from death in Part III?

7. What is Nunciata like to Lucrezia?

8. What does Emilia tell Lucrezia about their past connection?

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

10. What comment does Alfonso make about Lucrezia's portrait that startles her and the painters?

(see the answer keys)

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