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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Lucrezia often do when Alfonso comes to have sex with her?
(a) Cries.
(b) Pretends she is somewhere else.
(c) Pretends not to be in her room.
(d) Screams.

2. What religion does Alfonso's mother choose to practice?
(a) Protestantism.
(b) Buddhism.
(c) No religion.
(d) Islam.

3. What does Alfonso ask Lucrezia to take to Ferrara with her?
(a) The painting he gave her.
(b) Her horse.
(c) Her younger sister.
(d) Her cat.

4. What does Alfonso say to his servant on their first night together that Lucrezia is surprised to hear?
(a) Mind.
(b) Thank you.
(c) Never.
(d) Please.

5. Who was supposed to marry the man Lucrezia eventually marries?
(a) Emilia.
(b) Helena.
(c) Isabella.
(d) Maria.

6. What does Lucrezia hear her old nurse Sofia telling her she needs in her hour of need in Part I?
(a) A dance.
(b) A nurse.
(c) A meal.
(d) A plan.

7. Why does Alfonso say, in his letter, he chose the particular painting he did for Lucrezia?
(a) He recalls she likes hunting.
(b) He recalls she has a fondness for beasts.
(c) He recalls she likes silk.
(d) He recalls she likes jewels.

8. Who is the Duke's right-hand person?
(a) Bernarni.
(b) Leonello Baldassare.
(c) Henari Fortissimo.
(d) Michaelangelo.

9. Who is one of Lucrezia's art teachers?
(a) Mercari.
(b) Helari.
(c) Tenari.
(d) Vasari.

10. What does Eleanora tell Lucrezia she can do in order to cheer her up out of a depression during her childhood?
(a) Take dancing lessons.
(b) Go to Venice.
(c) Take drawing lessons.
(d) Go to Berlin.

11. What kind of dialect does Sofia speak?
(a) Milanese.
(b) Tuscan.
(c) Herculean.
(d) Neapolitan.

12. Who are Lucrezia's two sisters?
(a) Isabella and Helena.
(b) Helena and Maria.
(c) Maria and Isabella.
(d) Maria and Emilia.

13. Who comes to take care of Lucrezia at the fortezza in Part II?
(a) Emilia.
(b) Sofia.
(c) Eleanora.
(d) Cosimo.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Lucrezia think her husband is trying to do to her?

2. What creatures does Eleanora keep in the name of fashion?

3. Who is Lucrezia upset at not being able to say farewell to?

4. Who does Lucrezia ride to her wedding with?

5. What does Maria die from?

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