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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What first name is eventually revealed to have belonged to Francescho's father?
(a) Cristoforo.
(b) Antonio.
(c) Cosmo.
(d) Barto.

2. Which character insulted Francesco's work before the painting of Marsyas disappeared, along with her bundle of sketches?
(a) Barto.
(b) Borse.
(c) Cosmo.
(d) The Falcon.

3. What quality does Francesco come to suspect is "central to" the "nature" (90) of the young woman she is watching in the modern age?
(a) Curiosity.
(b) Exhaustion.
(c) Grief.
(d) Earnestness.

4. 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) Flagellants.
(b) Ordinary working women.
(c) Graces.
(d) Fates.

5. Francesco states that "nobody knows us" (82) besides whom?
(a) The saints.
(b) Our siblings.
(c) Our mothers.
(d) Our fathers.

6. What is the name of the woman whom Francescho draws rather than engaging in sex with her?
(a) Minerva.
(b) Isotta.
(c) Ginevra.
(d) Mars.

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

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

9. What term did the "infidel" (84) stranger use to ask Francesco for a belt before she provided him with a length of rope?
(a) Twist.
(b) Wrap.
(c) Snake.
(d) Tie.

10. Francescho tells the reader about a time in her early childhood when she had cried about which object's disappearance?
(a) A shooting star.
(b) A cloud.
(c) A ripple.
(d) A rainbow.

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

12. What action passing between the two people in the museum causes Francescho to be sure that they are siblings?
(a) One pushes the other onto the floor.
(b) One hugs the other.
(c) One hits the other.
(d) They jealously vie for their mother's attention.

13. 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 20th.
(d) The 15th.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What what term does Francescho refer to the location where she observes a modern teenage girl?

2. With what quality does Francesco associate a "turned back" (7)?

3. When the name of "the pickpocket" (113) is at last revealed by Francescho, what is it?

4. Who became concerned that Francescho's work was getting too lifeless and gloomy?

5. With what type of poem does Francescho end the section of text entitled Eyes?

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