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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Which objects did Borse give to the creators of his fresco the first time they asked for more money?
(a) Apples.
(b) Easels.
(c) Paints.
(d) Medals.

3. Francescho's resentment toward Cosmo cools only when she calls to mind how many lessons she had learned from him?
(a) 3.
(b) 2.
(c) 1.
(d) 4.

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

5. 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 father of her female lover.
(c) Being caught by the father of her male lover.
(d) Being caught by the mother of her male lover.

6. In what city was Francescho residing when she was notified that her father had died?
(a) Bologna.
(b) Paris.
(c) Rome.
(d) Padua.

7. For what amount of time had young Francescho worn her late mother's clothing before her father confronted her?
(a) Months.
(b) Years.
(c) Weeks.
(d) Days.

8. Francescho sees the two siblings in the museum taking what action together?
(a) Reading.
(b) Playing cards.
(c) Whispering.
(d) Dancing.

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

10. According to Francescho, who comforted her in her childhood when she cried after seeing a particular object disappear?
(a) Her mother.
(b) Her older sister.
(c) Her father.
(d) Her younger brother.

11. Francescho recalls lying on the ground and being found by which character when she was near death?
(a) Ercole.
(b) Barto.
(c) Isotta.
(d) Cosmo.

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

13. The Falcon told Francescho that the figure of Minerva required what kind of accompaniment?
(a) Unicorns.
(b) Bears.
(c) Wings.
(d) Horns.

14. What kind of a poem occurs on the first pages of the novel section entitled Eyes?
(a) A haiku.
(b) A shaped poem.
(c) A quatrain.
(d) A villanelle.

15. Francescho says that she bought her first horse from a woman who owned fields outside of which city?
(a) Padua.
(b) Bologna.
(c) Rome.
(d) Venice.

Short Answer Questions

1. With what material does Francescho bind her breasts in her quest to pass as a man?

2. Which artist's works are considered to be "showy" (8) by Francescho?

3. What modern object does Francescho refer to as an "awning on a stick" (119)?

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

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

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