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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the setting of Lucrezia's marriage to Alfonso called?

2. How does Alfonso address his very first letter to Lucrezia?

3. How does Lucrezia feel when she wakens at the fortezza on her first night there?

4. Who rides with Lucrezia on the horse on the way to her destination after the wedding?

5. What is Lucrezia's mother's nickname?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Isabella jealous of Lucrezia?

2. What does the Duke want more than anything?

3. Why does Lucrezia almost feel that she wants to die in Part II?

4. How does Eleanora show Lucrezia affection when she almost dies?

5. What is Eleanora doing at the moment of Lucrezia's conception?

6. What does Lucrezia think of her wedding gown?

7. Why is Cosimo a bit reluctant to have Lucrezia marry the Duke?

8. What does Lucrezia wonder about Alfonso's feelings at their wedding?

9. What does Lucrezia often do during group lessons with her siblings?

10. What does Alfonso urge Lucrezia again and again to do the night before she falls ill?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How is Lucrezia's near-miss with the boiling water that hit Emilia when they were both very young children foreshadow what is to come for both characters in the end of the novel? Write an essay explaining your answers.

Essay Topic 2

Why do you think the author chose to write this novel in the "close third person"? Write an essay explaining your answers.

Essay Topic 3

Why, and how, is painting and art so important to Lucrezia? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

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