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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 female lover.
(d) Being caught by the father of her male lover.

2. When Francescho left her father's tutelage, he gave her a letter written by whom?
(a) Cosmo.
(b) Francescho's mother.
(c) Francescho.
(d) Barto.

3. When Francesco tells a story about a stranger she had known for only "10 minutes," (83) what was NOT an action done to her by the stranger?
(a) Dissected.
(b) Entered.
(c) Understood.
(d) Seen.

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

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

6. 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) Grief.
(b) Exhaustion.
(c) Curiosity.
(d) Earnestness.

7. 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 15th.
(b) The 16th.
(c) The 20th.
(d) The 21st.

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

9. Francescho's father suggested that she live as a man in order to eventually become an apprentice in what field?
(a) Brickmaking.
(b) Architecture.
(c) The visual arts.
(d) Medicine.

10. Barto called his therapeutic method "the Rite of" (127) whom?
(a) Persephone.
(b) Liturgy.
(c) Pandora.
(d) Mnemosyne.

11. 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) Snake.
(c) Tie.
(d) Wrap.

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

13. What had young Francesco expected her father to do once he overcame his grief enough to confront her about wearing her mothers' clothes?
(a) She had expected him to beat her.
(b) She had expected him to curse at her.
(c) She had expected him to send her to her room.
(d) She had expected him to turn away from her.

14. What type of ending did the story about the Virgin, the angel, and the boy have, though Francesco had not known this fact until much later?
(a) Scary.
(b) Mysterious.
(c) Happy.
(d) Tragic.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What was NOT a scent Francesco reported detecting during her sexual encounter with the "infidel" (87) stranger?

3. Which objects does Francescho recall teaching Cosmo how to paint more realistically?

4. When Francescho was on her deathbed, whom did she call "loyal" (142)?

5. What method did Francescho use in order to flee from Borse's service?

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