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

2. What action passing between the two people in the museum causes Francescho to be sure that they are siblings?
(a) They jealously vie for their mother's attention.
(b) One hits the other.
(c) One hugs the other.
(d) One pushes the other onto the floor.

3. With what quality does Francesco associate a "turned back" (7)?
(a) Secrecy.
(b) Beauty.
(c) Innocence.
(d) Serenity.

4. How many years before Francescho's father's death did she officially leave her "father's tutelage" (45)?
(a) 2.
(b) 5.
(c) 3.
(d) 6.

5. 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 turn away from her.
(b) She had expected him to curse at her.
(c) She had expected him to beat her.
(d) She had expected him to send her to her room.

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. When Francescho left her father's tutelage, he gave her a letter written by whom?

3. The Falcon told Francescho that the figure of Minerva required what kind of accompaniment?

4. Barto and Francescho travel to what city in order to "see the processions" (61)?

5. Francescho's father suggested that she live as a man in order to eventually become an apprentice in what field?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. 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)?

3. 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?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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