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

2. What kind of portrait will Alfonso's commissioned painting of Lucrezia be?
(a) A sad portrait.
(b) A kitchen portrait.
(c) A marriage portrait.
(d) A garden portrait.

3. What does Lucrezia do much of while Alfonso is away?
(a) Dance.
(b) Paint.
(c) Sing.
(d) Eat.

4. What does Lucrezia feel kinship with in the way Alfonso treats them both?
(a) The weather.
(b) His horse, which he keeps tight reins on.
(c) The cat.
(d) The household staff.

5. Who comes to the fortezza in Part III?
(a) Ricardo.
(b) Il Bastianino.
(c) Michaelangelo.
(d) Helena.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Lucrezia realize she must keep hidden from Alfonso in Part III?

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

4. Who are Alfonso's sisters?

5. Why does Emilia feel it is best to get dressed and make an appearance?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Lucrezia witness Baldassare do in Part III that really disturbs her?

2. Why does Alfonso get so angry at Lucrezia in Part III?

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

4. What kind of singers is Lucrezia enchanted, and then appalled, by?

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

6. What happens to Contrari?

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

8. What do Lucrezia and Jacopo have in common?

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

10. What is Elisabetta like to Lucrezia?

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