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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. How does Lucrezia bid goodbye to Alfonso in Part III?

2. What does Lucrezia speak with Jacopo?

3. Which lady servant does Nunciata arrange for Lucrezia?

4. How does Lucrezia feel about posing for her portrait?

5. What does Leonello do to a servant in Part III that is brutal?

Short Essay Questions

1. What playful gesture does the Duke do to Lucrezia that brings back sour memories of her childhood?

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

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

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

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

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

7. What is Elisabetta like to Lucrezia?

8. What do Lucrezia and Jacopo have in common?

9. What happens to Contrari?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How do O'Farrell's descriptions of some of the medical advice, treatments, and conventions of Lucrezia's day inform the reader about the daily lives and struggles of those who lived in that time period? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

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

What is the significance of Lucrezia's marriage portrait itself, and how does Lucrezia feel when she sees it? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

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