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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) Soil.
(b) Water.
(c) Oil.
(d) Fire.

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

3. 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 16th.
(b) The 20th.
(c) The 21st.
(d) The 15th.

4. 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) Luck and justice.
(b) Good fortune and prayer.
(c) Connections and luck.
(d) Luck and faith.

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

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

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

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

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

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

11. 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.

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

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

14. The "infidel" (84) stranger called Francesco a term in his own language meant to denote Francesco's tendency to take what action in relation to others' "expectations" (84)?
(a) Embroider.
(b) Exceed.
(c) Destroy.
(d) Defy.

15. At what kind of establishment do Barto and Francescho spend the night after viewing the processions?
(a) A brothel.
(b) The home of a mutual friend.
(c) A museum.
(d) A tavern.

Short Answer Questions

1. The madam at the brothel eventually accuses Francescho of being responsible for how many prostitutes leaving the brothel's service?

2. How many paintings by Cosmo does Francescho count in the museum room where she sees only one of her own paintings being displayed?

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

4. What word featured in the fresco did Francescho change before abandoning her position as a court painter under the marquis?

5. Who protected Francescho from being taken as a sex slave by Borse?

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