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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. 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.

2. When Francescho was on her deathbed, whom did she call "loyal" (142)?
(a) The Falcon.
(b) Ercole.
(c) Barto.
(d) Isotta.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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?

4. How old was "the pickpocket" (113) at the time he was hired by Francescho?

5. 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)?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What is Francescho's attitude toward the painter called Cosmo?

4. 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?

5. For what reason did the protagonist of Eyes have need of a new name?

6. What story does Francescho recount about "the infidel worker" (83) whose likeness she had eventually painted into Borse's fresco?

7. 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?

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

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

10. Name two themes contained in one quote within the novel's Epigraph section.

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