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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. What method did Francescho use in order to flee from Borse's service?
(a) On horseback.
(b) By caravan.
(c) By boat.
(d) On foot.

7. Francescho says that Ferara is "the best place for brickmaking" (21) due to the clay that can be gathered nearby which body of water?
(a) A canal.
(b) A bay.
(c) A river.
(d) A lake.

8. Whose action resulted in Francesco being hired to contribute one season to Borse's "painted year" (90)?
(a) Francesco's father.
(b) Donatello.
(c) Barto.
(d) The Falcon.

9. How old was Francesco at the time she was commissioned to paint one season of Borse's "painted year" (90)?
(a) 23.
(b) 36.
(c) 33.
(d) 27.

10. Who protected Francescho from being taken as a sex slave by Borse?
(a) The Falcon.
(b) Barto.
(c) Francescho.
(d) Isotta.

11. Which artist's works are considered to be "showy" (8) by Francescho?
(a) Raphael.
(b) Leonardo.
(c) Cosmo.
(d) Michelangelo.

12. What action did young Francescho's father take when confronting Francescho about wearing her mother's clothing?
(a) He threw her out of the house.
(b) He beat her.
(c) He sat down in front of her and talked to her.
(d) He cursed at her.

13. Which of Francescho's acquaintances did she NOT include as a Grace within Borse's fresco?
(a) Ginevra.
(b) Aguola.
(c) Her mother.
(d) Isotta.

14. What modern object does Francescho refer to as an "awning on a stick" (119)?
(a) A pergola.
(b) A kite.
(c) An umbrella.
(d) A tent.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What term did the "infidel" (84) stranger use to ask Francesco for a belt before she provided him with a length of rope?

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?

4. Francescho comes to believe that the teenage girl she is observing unseen is experiencing which emotion?

5. What word does Francescho consistently shorten in a modern way throughout the her first-person narration of Eyes?

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