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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. What does Nunciata say Lucrezia seems upon their first meeting?
(a) Young.
(b) Sour.
(c) Old.
(d) Funny.

2. What does Lucrezia pretend to like doing because she thinks it is expected of her?
(a) Gardening.
(b) Riding.
(c) Cooking.
(d) Needlepoint.

3. What does Elisabetta ask to call Lucrezia?
(a) Lucy.
(b) Lou-Lou.
(c) Lou.
(d) Lucre.

4. What is the Italian word for "milk-mother"?
(a) Falia.
(b) Balia.
(c) Malia.
(d) Helia.

5. What does a servant tell Lucrezia not to do on Alfonso's orders in Part IV?
(a) Sing.
(b) Eat.
(c) Dance.
(d) Leave her room.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Lucrezia write to for the first time from the castello?

2. What is Lucrezia bound to Alfonso by?

3. What do Lucrezia and Emilia hear in the dead of night at the castello in Part IV?

4. What does Lucrezia feel kinship with in the way Alfonso treats them both?

5. What are Lucrezia's brothers trained as?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What happens to Contrari?

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

4. What does the Duke say when Lucrezia suggests she may help him with is duties?

5. What is Nunciata like to Lucrezia?

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

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

8. Who does Lucrezia write to to say her life is in danger in Part III?

9. What do Lucrezia and Jacopo have in common?

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

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