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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Francescho's resentment toward Cosmo cools only when she calls to mind how many lessons she had learned from him?
(a) 3.
(b) 4.
(c) 2.
(d) 1.

2. Francesco finally is able to recall that she had died from what malady?
(a) Dysentery.
(b) Syphilis.
(c) Influenza.
(d) Plague.

3. The "infidel" (84) stranger called Francesco a term in his own language meant to denote Francesco's tendency to take what action in relation to others' "expectations" (84)?
(a) Destroy.
(b) Exceed.
(c) Defy.
(d) Embroider.

4. Francesco chooses her male name in part because which member of her family had a name starting with the letter F?
(a) Her grandmother.
(b) Her mother.
(c) Her brother.
(d) Her uncle.

5. According to Francescho, who comforted her in her childhood when she cried after seeing a particular object disappear?
(a) Her father.
(b) Her younger brother.
(c) Her older sister.
(d) Her mother.

6. Francescho recalls that her mother had always told her to be willing to take what action in relation to her skin?
(a) Risk it.
(b) Bare it.
(c) Save it.
(d) Hide it.

7. In what capacity did the boy Francescho called "the pickpocket" (95) go to work for Francescho?
(a) Accountant.
(b) Assistant.
(c) Paint alchemist.
(d) Page.

8. What royal title did Borse hold when he commissioned Francescho to help paint a fresco?
(a) Marquis.
(b) Earl.
(c) Baron.
(d) Dauphin.

9. The artist referred to as "the Falcon" (14) had wanted which kind of figures painted into the March section of the fresco depicting the four seasons?
(a) Ordinary working women.
(b) Fates.
(c) Flagellants.
(d) Graces.

10. While three of the quotes in the novel's Epigraph section are in English, another quote is provided in which untranslated language?
(a) German.
(b) Spanish.
(c) French.
(d) Italian.

11. Which character had often told the story of the Virgin, the angel, and the boy to Francescho?
(a) Cennini.
(b) Francesco's mother.
(c) Francescho's youngest brother.
(d) Francescho's father.

12. With what type of poem does Francescho end the section of text entitled Eyes?
(a) Shaped.
(b) Villanelle.
(c) Limerick.
(d) Couplet.

13. What was NOT a scent Francesco reported detecting during her sexual encounter with the "infidel" (87) stranger?
(a) Bread.
(b) Clean earth.
(c) Grass.
(d) Apples.

14. As Francescho stands in a museum looking at his own work and that of other artists after having traveled in time, what century is it?
(a) The 21st.
(b) The 16th.
(c) The 15th.
(d) The 20th.

15. What kind of a poem occurs on the first pages of the novel section entitled Eyes?
(a) A haiku.
(b) A villanelle.
(c) A quatrain.
(d) A shaped poem.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many paintings by Cosmo does Francescho count in the museum room where she sees only one of her own paintings being displayed?

2. What method did Francescho use in order to flee from Borse's service?

3. Francescho says that she bought her first horse from a woman who owned fields outside of which city?

4. What had young Francesco expected her father to do once he overcame his grief enough to confront her about wearing her mothers' clothes?

5. Who protected Francescho from being taken as a sex slave by Borse?

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