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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

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 grandmother.
(c) Her mother.
(d) Her brother.

6. The madam at the brothel eventually accuses Francescho of being responsible for how many prostitutes leaving the brothel's service?
(a) 12.
(b) 3.
(c) 5.
(d) 8.

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

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

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

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

11. According to Francescho, what name had she given to the first horse she ever purchased?
(a) Zerbino.
(b) Bedeverio.
(c) Ettore.
(d) Mattone.

12. What term does Francescho use in the scene at the museum in order to describe the viewer of her painting before she realizes her mistake?
(a) Boy.
(b) Merchant.
(c) Girl.
(d) Priest.

13. Francescho recalls that her mother had named which two things as necessary in order "to get to live the life we're meant for" (112)?
(a) Connections and luck.
(b) Good fortune and prayer.
(c) Luck and justice.
(d) Luck and faith.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How old was Francesco at the time she was commissioned to paint one season of Borse's "painted year" (90)?

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

3. What action passing between the two people in the museum causes Francescho to be sure that they are siblings?

4. Which ingredient did Francescho always use to create richer colors of paint?

5. What quality does Francesco come to suspect is "central to" the "nature" (90) of the young woman she is watching in the modern age?

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