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

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

3. What color is the outfit Alfonso picks for Lucrezia to wear for her portrait?
(a) Yellow and blue.
(b) Green and orange.
(c) Red and black.
(d) Blue and red.

4. How does Lucrezia feel about posing for her portrait?
(a) She thinks it is meant to distract her.
(b) She loves it.
(c) She finds it tiring and boring.
(d) She is indifferent to it.

5. What does Alfonso tell Lucrezia never to do again in Part III?
(a) Cut her hair.
(b) Question his or Leonello's judgement.
(c) Eat in front of people.
(d) Change her clothes in front of him.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Jacopo say he will never forget Lucrezia for?

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

4. Who does Lucrezia notice Elisabetta seems interested in?

5. What is asked of Lucrezia at the delizia?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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 Elisabetta want Lucrezia to keep a secret from Alfonso?

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

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

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

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

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

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

(see the answer keys)

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