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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part V (Pages 286 - 333, The Marriage Portrait of Lucrezia, Duchess of Ferrara - The Underpainting and the Overpainting).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is lowered at the castello in Ferrara for Lucrezia's arrival?
(a) The flags.
(b) The drawbridge.
(c) The flowers.
(d) The battlements.

2. What does the Duke of Ferrara try to feed Lucrezia in Part I?
(a) Rice.
(b) Beef.
(c) Chicken.
(d) Venison baked in wine.

3. What does Eleanora tell Lucrezia when she writes to her family saying she does not feel safe?
(a) They will come for Lucrezia soon.
(b) Cosimo is disowning Lucrezia.
(c) Lucrezia needs to stay with her husband.
(d) Lucrezia needs to go to the hospital.

4. Where does Lucrezia spend much of her toddler days?
(a) The tower.
(b) The gardens.
(c) The kitchens.
(d) The lavatory.

5. Who sets up Lucrezia's rooms at the castello for her?
(a) Helena.
(b) Elisabetta.
(c) Eleanora.
(d) Nunciata.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Sofia say to Lucrezia in a dream?

2. What links Lucrezia's rooms with Alfonso's?

3. Where does the supposed other doctor who Alfonso consults with come from?

4. What does the doctor say about Lucrezia's menstrual blood?

5. What does Emilia urge Lucrezia to wear in Part IV?

(see the answer key)

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