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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2: Chapters 20-25.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Cristoforo do after the French leave Florence in Chapter 20?
(a) He takes Alessandra for a vacation.
(b) He joins the army.
(c) He leaves town.
(d) He hides his gold.

2. What does Alessandra ask of Cristoforo in Chapter 19?
(a) To take her home.
(b) To see the French.
(c) To give her money.
(d) To let her paint.

3. Why does Alessandra ask her mother about her engagement in Chapter 25?
(a) To find out if she is owed money.
(b) To understand her mother's opinion of her.
(c) To make small talk.
(d) To see what she knows about Cristoforo.

4. What does Alessandra like most about Cristoforo's copy of Divine Comedy?
(a) The handwritten notes.
(b) The leather cover.
(c) The drawings of hell.
(d) The flow of the poems.

5. Why does Alessandra see the painter leave her house at night in Chapter 4?
(a) Because her sister woke her up to show her.
(b) Because she can't sleep.
(c) Because she had been following him all day.
(d) Because she was coming home late.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Alessandra do with the drawing the painter drops in Chapter 16?

2. Why does Cristoforo say he married Alessandra?

3. Why does Alessandra visit the painter before she is married?

4. Why does Alessandra's father leave in Chapter 17?

5. After discussing Plautilla's pregnancy in Chapter 7, what does Tomaso change the subject to?

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