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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 can Lucrezia not stop herself from doing when Alfonso chides her during the storm?
(a) Smirking.
(b) Yelling.
(c) Collapsing.
(d) Eating.

2. What does Nunciata say Lucrezia seems upon their first meeting?
(a) Sour.
(b) Old.
(c) Funny.
(d) Young.

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

4. Who does Lucrezia notice Elisabetta seems interested in?
(a) Minoti.
(b) Holdari.
(c) Contrari.
(d) Jovanoti.

5. Which sister does Lucrezia end up spending more time with at the castello?
(a) Helena.
(b) Elisabetta.
(c) Emilia.
(d) Anuncio.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Lucrezia ride away from the delizia in Part III?

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

3. What is lowered at the castello in Ferrara for Lucrezia's arrival?

4. Where is the delizia near?

5. Who does Lucrezia write to for the first time from the castello?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What do Lucrezia and Jacopo have in common?

3. What is Elisabetta like to Lucrezia?

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

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

6. What happens to Contrari?

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

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

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

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

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