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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What word does Francescho consistently shorten in a modern way throughout the her first-person narration of Eyes?
(a) Disagree.
(b) Miniature.
(c) Because.
(d) Okay.

2. Barto and Francescho travel to what city in order to "see the processions" (61)?
(a) Reggio.
(b) Arpeggio.
(c) Vatican City.
(d) Padua.

3. What type of ending did the story about the Virgin, the angel, and the boy have, though Francesco had not known this fact until much later?
(a) Scary.
(b) Tragic.
(c) Mysterious.
(d) Happy.

4. Francescho comes to believe that the teenage girl she is observing unseen is experiencing which emotion?
(a) Regret.
(b) Relief.
(c) Love.
(d) Grief.

5. Which ingredient did Francescho always use to create richer colors of paint?
(a) Egg.
(b) Goose fat.
(c) Tree bark.
(d) Milk.

6. With what quality does Francesco associate a "turned back" (7)?
(a) Innocence.
(b) Beauty.
(c) Secrecy.
(d) Serenity.

7. How many "main kinds" (60) of the color green does Francescho tell Barto exist in the world?
(a) 14.
(b) 4.
(c) 2.
(d) 7.

8. Around which object did Francescho paint "a gathering of working women" (110)?
(a) A bathtub.
(b) A loom.
(c) A fountain.
(d) A cauldron.

9. Who became concerned that Francescho's work was getting too lifeless and gloomy?
(a) The Falcon.
(b) Borse.
(c) Barto.
(d) Donatello.

10. When the woman whom Francescho has drawn asks to have the drawing, what condition does Francescho set?
(a) The woman must tell Barto that she had engaged in sex with Francescho.
(b) The woman must give Francescho a passionate kiss.
(c) The woman must pay Francescho.
(d) The woman must give Francescho a chaste kiss.

11. How old was "the pickpocket" (113) at the time he was hired by Francescho?
(a) 17.
(b) 19.
(c) 14.
(d) 31.

12. From what fate does Francescho say her horse had once saved her?
(a) Being caught by the older brother of her female lover.
(b) Being caught by the mother of her male lover.
(c) Being caught by the father of her female lover.
(d) Being caught by the father of her male lover.

13. Barto introduced a therapeutic method to Francescho involving which object?
(a) Water.
(b) Soil.
(c) Oil.
(d) Fire.

14. When the name of "the pickpocket" (113) is at last revealed by Francescho, what is it?
(a) Ercole.
(b) Domenico.
(c) Gabriel.
(d) Cosmo.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Francescho's father suggested that she live as a man in order to eventually become an apprentice in what field?

2. When Francescho left her father's tutelage, he gave her a letter written by whom?

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

4. Francescho explains that she had committed herself to becoming an expert at painting which parts of the human body?

5. Francescho recalls that her mother had always told her to be willing to take what action in relation to her skin?

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