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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Lucrezia write to for the first time from the castello?
(a) Her sister.
(b) Her brother.
(c) Her father.
(d) Her mother.

2. Which lady servant does Nunciata arrange for Lucrezia?
(a) Helena.
(b) Michaela.
(c) Emilia.
(d) Clelia.

3. What does Lucrezia do much of while Alfonso is away?
(a) Paint.
(b) Sing.
(c) Eat.
(d) Dance.

4. Who does Lucrezia think is Alfonso's more attractive sister?
(a) Eleanora.
(b) Elisabetta.
(c) Nunciata.
(d) Helena.

5. Why does Emilia feel it is best to get dressed and make an appearance?
(a) To challenge Alfonso.
(b) To challenge Ricardo.
(c) To challenge Isabella.
(d) To challenge Eleanora.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Il Bastianino always do before touching Lucrezia?

2. What color are the eyes of the painter's apprentice who becomes ill?

3. Who often speaks for Jacopo?

4. Where does Nunciata tell Lucrezia Alfonso's mother currently is in Part III?

5. What is the name of the ill painter's apprentice?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Lucrezia witness Baldassare do in Part III that really disturbs her?

2. What does Lucrezia ask at court which Alfonso embarrasses her about?

3. What does Emilia tell Lucrezia about their past connection?

4. How does Lucrezia feel about posing for a portrait?

5. What happens to Contrari?

6. What is Elisabetta like to Lucrezia?

7. What kind of singers is Lucrezia enchanted, and then appalled, by?

8. Who does Lucrezia save from death in Part III?

9. What comment does Alfonso make about Lucrezia's portrait that startles her and the painters?

10. Who does Emilia hear has ordered the Duke's mother's exile?

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