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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 Lucrezia's mother's nickname?

2. Who mostly raises Lucrezia?

3. Who is Lucrezia's father's right-hand advisor?

4. Who does Leonello tell Lucrezia has ordered Alfonso's mother's exile?

5. What does Eleanora tell Lucrezia she can do in order to cheer her up out of a depression during her childhood?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Lucrezia end up marrying the Duke of Ferrara?

2. What is Lucrezia's first sexual experience with Alfonso like?

3. What does Lucrezia think of Leonello?

4. How does Sofia help delay Lucrezia's marriage?

5. What is one cause of the trouble between Alfonso and his own mother?

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

7. What does Lucrezia do with the tigress?

8. What does Alfonso do that is strange on his and Lucrezia's wedding day on the journey to his home?

9. What does Leonello tell Lucrezia will happen if she does not produce Alfonso's heir?

10. What does Lucrezia turn out to have a particular talent for?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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.

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay exploring O'Farrell's use of humor throughout the novel.

Essay Topic 3

When and how does O'Farrell make the reader aware of Lucrezia's realization that she is really on her own, and cannot expect help from her parents after her marriage? Write an essay explaining your answers.

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