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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What word does Francescho consistently shorten in a modern way throughout the her first-person narration of Eyes?
(a) Okay.
(b) Miniature.
(c) Because.
(d) Disagree.

4. 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.

5. How old was "the pickpocket" (113) at the time he was hired by Francescho?
(a) 31.
(b) 17.
(c) 14.
(d) 19.

Short Answer Questions

1. What royal title did Borse hold when he commissioned Francescho to help paint a fresco?

2. According to Francescho, who comforted her in her childhood when she cried after seeing a particular object disappear?

3. What action did young Francescho's father take when confronting Francescho about wearing her mother's clothing?

4. 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?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What evidence does Francescho provide for her claim that there were other women in Renaissance-era Italy who posed as men in order to pursue careers in art?

2. For what reason had Francescho eventually been banned from the brothel in Reggio?

3. What name does Francesco's father recommend she take and for what reason does she reject his suggestion?

4. How had Francescho first come to be acquainted with Barto and in what activity did they generally engage when they met thereafter?

5. What assumption does Francescho make about the person she observes looking at a painting in the museum and what event makes her sure that she had been mistaken?

6. Discuss an instance when Smith employs modern language to present the voice of Francescho and analyze her purpose for doing so.

7. What had Francescho's father done for a living and how had Francescho worked under his tutelage?

8. What insights does Francescho provide into the subversive elements of her artwork?

9. How does the theme of family bonds arise within Francescho's statement about his top three most influential artists?

10. With whom had Francescho spent her final moments and what is revealed to be the fate of this character?

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