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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Four: 1519.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Vicente temporarily fire Primavera in Part One?
(a) For stealing food from the cellar.
(b) Because he has no money to pay her.
(c) For raising her voice to him.
(d) For putting strange ideas into Bianca's head.

2. Who narrates "Trouble and His Sister"?
(a) Bianca.
(b) Vicente.
(c) Fra Ludovico.
(d) A dwarf.

3. What does Lucrezia decide to poison Bianca with in "Two Bites from the Apple"?
(a) A poisoned knife.
(b) A tonic made of apples and ginger beer.
(c) Primavera's fig pudding that Bianca used to love.
(d) An apple from the branch of the Tree of Knowledge.

4. Who narrates the chapter called "As-iksr"?
(a) Bianca.
(b) A dwarf.
(c) Vicente.
(d) Lucrezia.

5. Why do the dwarves affix the glass from the mirror to the lid of Bianca's coffin?
(a) To decorate the coffin.
(b) In order to witness her decomposition and their own transition into full humanness.
(c) To show Bianca that she is not alone.
(d) To guard the coffin from afar.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following is NOT a name of one of the dwarves?

2. What led Ranuccio to the monastery after he released Bianca in the woods?

3. What year is it in Part One of the story?

4. Who is no longer able to speak by the chapter "Vicente"?

5. What is the name of Bianca's family estate?

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