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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 Alfonso's response to Lucrezia's offers of helping him?

2. What does Alfonso do in Part III briefly as a game that unsettles Lucrezia?

3. What does Lucrezia know she has been brought up for?

4. Which lady servant does Nunciata arrange for Lucrezia?

5. What does Lucrezia do during the storm in Part III?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Elisabetta want Lucrezia to keep a secret from Alfonso?

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

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

4. What is Nunciata like to Lucrezia?

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

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

7. What is Elisabetta like to Lucrezia?

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

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

10. What happens to Contrari?

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

In what ways and in what contexts does Lucrezia exhibit bravery and cunning throughout the novel? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 3

How does Lucrezia's experiences with Alfonso's sisters at court inform the reader about Alfonso's character and capabilities? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

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