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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Emilia get her scar?
(a) From birth.
(b) From a knife.
(c) From a stray shot.
(d) From a pot of boiling water.

2. What does Il Bastianino always do before touching Lucrezia?
(a) Puts makeup on her with a brush.
(b) Ask for Alfonso's permission but does not wait for him to answer.
(c) Whispers in her ear that he loves her.
(d) Nothing.

3. What color are the reins on Lucrezia's new animal?
(a) Green.
(b) Blue and yellow.
(c) Red and gold.
(d) Puce.

4. What does Lucrezia think when she finds out the singers have been castrated at young ages?
(a) She is indifferent.
(b) She is appalled.
(c) She is delighted.
(d) She is suspicious.

5. Which sister does Lucrezia end up spending more time with at the castello?
(a) Emilia.
(b) Elisabetta.
(c) Anuncio.
(d) Helena.

6. What is Lucrezia bound to Alfonso by?
(a) Her sister.
(b) Her brother.
(c) The State.
(d) The Church.

7. What does Elisabetta suspect Lucrezia of doing to betray her?
(a) Telling Alfonso she was planning a coup.
(b) Telling Alfonso she wanted a cat instead of a dog.
(c) Telling Alfonso about her and her lover.
(d) Telling Alfonso she is not really a Catholic.

8. What does Nunciata always keep with her?
(a) Her flowers.
(b) Her small dog.
(c) Her cat.
(d) Her purse.

9. What color is the outfit Alfonso picks for Lucrezia to wear for her portrait?
(a) Red and black.
(b) Blue and red.
(c) Yellow and blue.
(d) Green and orange.

10. What does Lucrezia realize she must keep hidden from Alfonso in Part III?
(a) The vulnerable part of herself.
(b) The financial part of herself.
(c) The mothering part of herself.
(d) The independent part of herself.

11. What is asked of Lucrezia at the delizia?
(a) Nothing.
(b) War counsel.
(c) Cooking.
(d) Gardening.

12. What does Emilia hear about the source of the scream?
(a) It is Jacopo.
(b) It is Sofia.
(c) It is Nuncia.
(d) It is Elisabetta.

13. What does Lucrezia ride away from the delizia in Part III?
(a) Her tiger.
(b) Her long-maned mare.
(c) Her stallion.
(d) Her mule.

14. What kind of singers does Alfonso like?
(a) Micharoti.
(b) Jovanoti.
(c) Pavorati.
(d) Evirati.

15. What does Elisabetta warn Lucrezia about?
(a) Alfonso only loved Maria.
(b) Alfonso will blame her if they cannot conceive.
(c) Alfonso has many girlfriends.
(d) Alfonso killed his own mother.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Alfonso give Lucrezia as a surprise gift in Part III?

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

3. What does Lucrezia speak with Jacopo?

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

5. What does Alfonso tell Lucrezia never to do again in Part III?

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