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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Primavera Vecchia?
(a) A seamstress.
(b) Vicente's first love and interior designer.
(c) Lucrezia's personal maid.
(d) The family cook and housekeeper.

2. How does Ludovico behave when Lucrezia visits Montefiore?
(a) Suave and debonair.
(b) Kind and courteous.
(c) Confused and befuddled.
(d) Rude and insolent.

3. Who is Bianca left in the charge of in Part One?
(a) Cesare.
(b) Lucrezia Borgia.
(c) Fra Ludovico.
(d) Vannozza Cattanei.

4. What does Lucrezia do before giving Vicente Montefiore?
(a) She has the owner of Montefiore killed.
(b) She has Montefiore redecorated.
(c) She tells Vicente that Montefiore is haunted.
(d) She tries to seduce him.

5. What is the name of Bianca's family estate?
(a) Mongriolla.
(b) Montebello.
(c) Monsatore.
(d) Montefiore.

6. How old is Lucrezia in 1502?
(a) Eighteen.
(b) Forty.
(c) Thirty-two.
(d) Twenty-one.

7. Why are the dwarves watching Bianca and her father in Part One?
(a) Bianca and her father are arguing.
(b) They think Bianca is pretty.
(c) Vicente is holding a sack of coins.
(d) They want to make Bianca's father a proposition.

8. Who narrates "A Pack of Dirty Thieves"?
(a) Bianca.
(b) Vicente.
(c) Lucrezia.
(d) A dwarf.

9. How are dwarves close to animals?
(a) They have fur.
(b) They have tails.
(c) They have cloven feet.
(d) They have whiskers.

10. What is the name of Lucrezia's mother?
(a) Vannozza Cattanei.
(b) Marsilia Cattanei.
(c) Ginevra Cattanei.
(d) Antonia Cattanei.

11. Who are the Castedas and the Navarres?
(a) Bianca's parents' families.
(b) Lucrezia's past and present in-laws.
(c) Dangerous gangs in Italy.
(d) Rival families near Montefiore.

12. Who is the author of "Mirror Mirror"?
(a) Marlys Millhiser.
(b) Louisa May Alcott.
(c) Ronald Dahl.
(d) Gregory Maguire.

13. Who is Prince Dschem?
(a) A cousin of Lucrezia.
(b) The youngest son of Turkish king Mahomet II.
(c) Lucrezia's lover.
(d) The eldest son of Italy's ruling dynasty.

14. Who narrates the chapter called "Seven"?
(a) Ranuccio.
(b) A dwarf.
(c) Lucrezia.
(d) Bianca.

15. Who does Ludovico resent in "The Three Eyes of God"?
(a) Lucrezia for her wealth.
(b) Vicente for his family.
(c) The priest because his life is so simple.
(d) The Duc de Valentinois and all people of stature.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Lucrezia married to in 1502?

2. From which country does Bianca's father come from?

3. Why does Ludovico act strangely when Lucrezia visits Montefiore?

4. What does Bianca try to convince her father to do in "Don't Leave, Don't Follow"?

5. Who does Bianca's father meet in the church of San Francisco?

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