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

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

3. According to Francescho, who comforted her in her childhood when she cried after seeing a particular object disappear?
(a) Her mother.
(b) Her younger brother.
(c) Her older sister.
(d) Her father.

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

5. Francescho tells the reader about a time in her early childhood when she had cried about which object's disappearance?
(a) A shooting star.
(b) A ripple.
(c) A rainbow.
(d) A cloud.

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. 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?

3. Which of Francescho's acquaintances did she NOT include as a Grace within Borse's fresco?

4. What kind of a poem occurs on the first pages of the novel section entitled Eyes?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What is "the rite of Mnemosyne" (127) and who proposed its use to Francescho?

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

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

4. Describe the first meeting between Cosmo and Francescho.

5. What quality does Francescho "sense" is "central to" the "nature" (84) of the young woman whom she observes throughout the narrative?

6. In what way is the novel How to Be Both a piece of interactive fiction?

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

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

9. What two elements of life had Francescho's mother named as those that are invaluable in getting "to live the life we're meant for" (112)?

10. Which element of the fresco in Borse's palace had the Falcon insisted must be changed in order to avoid the wrath of Borse and others?

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