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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. Barto introduced a therapeutic method to Francescho involving which object?
(a) Fire.
(b) Soil.
(c) Water.
(d) Oil.
2. From what fate does Francescho say her horse had once saved her?
(a) Being caught by the older brother of her female lover.
(b) Being caught by the mother of her male lover.
(c) Being caught by the father of her female lover.
(d) Being caught by the father of her male lover.
3. When Francescho was on her deathbed, whom did she call "loyal" (142)?
(a) Ercole.
(b) Isotta.
(c) The Falcon.
(d) Barto.
4. Which objects did Borse give to the creators of his fresco the first time they asked for more money?
(a) Paints.
(b) Easels.
(c) Apples.
(d) Medals.
5. Francesco finally is able to recall that she had died from what malady?
(a) Plague.
(b) Syphilis.
(c) Dysentery.
(d) Influenza.
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. Which character had often told the story of the Virgin, the angel, and the boy to Francescho?
3. Which character is NOT named when Francescho lists her top three most influential artists?
4. How old was Francesco at the time she was commissioned to paint one season of Borse's "painted year" (90)?
5. What what term does Francescho refer to the location where she observes a modern teenage girl?
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. What is Francescho's attitude toward the painter called Cosmo?
3. Name two themes contained in one quote within the novel's Epigraph section.
4. Discuss an instance when Smith employs modern language to present the voice of Francescho and analyze her purpose for doing so.
5. What insights does Francescho provide into the subversive elements of her artwork?
6. How does the theme of family bonds arise within Francescho's statement about his top three most influential artists?
7. What is "the rite of Mnemosyne" (127) and who proposed its use to Francescho?
8. What story does Francescho recount about "the infidel worker" (83) whose likeness she had eventually painted into Borse's fresco?
9. 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?
10. For what reason had Francescho eventually been banned from the brothel in Reggio?
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