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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Cristoforo want the painter to leave town after being released from jail?
(a) To keep him away from Alessandra.
(b) To avoid further conflict.
(c) He doesn't want the painter to leave.
(d) For his own safety.

2. How does the painter try to stop himself from painting in Chapter 30?
(a) He stops eating.
(b) He locks himself in the chapel.
(c) He wounds both his hands.
(d) He burns his paints.

3. Why does Alessandra say the painter suffers from boils?
(a) To keep Cristoforo away from him.
(b) To convince Erila to take care of him.
(c) To pass Savonarola's guards.
(d) To make him feel better.

4. Why does Alessandra want the painter to take their daughter with him when he leaves the convent?
(a) To give her opportunities.
(b) To teacher her to be an artist.
(c) To help Alessandra escape the convent, too.
(d) To give her time to be alone.

5. In Chapter 49, why does the church come down on the convent?
(a) The church wants the convent to prepare more nuns.
(b) The church wants the convent to stop wasting money.
(c) The church wants the convent to support the arts.
(d) The church wants the convent to be more conventional.

6. What does the painter do when he learns that Alessandra is pregnant?
(a) He ignores it.
(b) He plans a vacation.
(c) He wants to talk to her about it.
(d) He decides to finish the last panel of the fresco.

7. Who tells the painter about Alessandra's pregnancy?
(a) Alessandra.
(b) Tomaso.
(c) Plautilla.
(d) Alessandra's mother.

8. Where does the painter begin painting the snake on Alessandra?
(a) Her shoulders.
(b) Her stomach.
(c) Her thigh.
(d) Her feet.

9. Why does Mother Superior let the painter stay with Alessandra in the convent?
(a) To do odd jobs around the convent.
(b) To keep her company.
(c) To help her with the chapel.
(d) She doesn't know the painter is staying at the convent.

10. Why does the Pope excommunicate Savonarola?
(a) For giving away bibles.
(b) For hiding money.
(c) For taking offerings from homes.
(d) For spreading the plague.

11. How does Alessandra's daughter, Plautilla, rebel in Chapter 47?
(a) She rejects womanly arts.
(b) She prefers flat shoes.
(c) She refuses to wear her hair up.
(d) She learns English.

12. After meeting the monk in Chapter 40, what does Alessandra think of the monk?
(a) That he is in trouble.
(b) That he is a murderer.
(c) That he is a spy.
(d) That he is diseased.

13. What makes Alessandra's visit to Plautilla difficult in Chapter 26?
(a) Cristoforo won't let her go.
(b) The roads are damaged from the war.
(c) Alessandra's health.
(d) There is a blizzard.

14. What season is it in Chapter 35?
(a) Summer.
(b) Spring.
(c) Winter.
(d) Fall.

15. What celebration does Alessandra attend in Chapter 37?
(a) A toast to the painter.
(b) A wedding of a friend.
(c) The dedication of the chapel.
(d) A memorial service for a murdered man.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Alessandra fake her tumor?

2. How does Cristoforo react when he learns about Alessandra making love to the painter?

3. How do the painter and his daughter fund their trip through Europe?

4. When does Savonarola return to preach after being excommunicated?

5. In Chapter 30, how does the painter say he learned about the human form?

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