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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. Who sets up Lucrezia's rooms at the castello for her?
(a) Eleanora.
(b) Nunciata.
(c) Helena.
(d) Elisabetta.

2. What does Lucrezia pretend to like doing because she thinks it is expected of her?
(a) Riding.
(b) Gardening.
(c) Needlepoint.
(d) Cooking.

3. What does Alfonso give Lucrezia as a surprise gift in Part III?
(a) A stone marten.
(b) A fish.
(c) A rabbit.
(d) A pony.

4. What does Elisabetta warn Lucrezia about?
(a) Alfonso has many girlfriends.
(b) Alfonso killed his own mother.
(c) Alfonso will blame her if they cannot conceive.
(d) Alfonso only loved Maria.

5. How does Emilia get her scar?
(a) From a knife.
(b) From a pot of boiling water.
(c) From a stray shot.
(d) From birth.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Lucrezia give the painter's apprentice in distress?

3. What does Eleanora dictate must be rinsed through Lucrezia's hair?

4. What color are Elisabetta's rooms draped in?

5. Whose hairstyle does Lucrezia's begin to imitate in Part III?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. What do Lucrezia and Jacopo have in common?

8. What happens to Contrari?

9. What is Nunciata like to Lucrezia?

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

(see the answer keys)

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