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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. 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?
(a) Understood.
(b) Seen.
(c) Dissected.
(d) Entered.

2. Around which object did Francescho paint "a gathering of working women" (110)?
(a) A bathtub.
(b) A loom.
(c) A fountain.
(d) A cauldron.

3. While three of the quotes in the novel's Epigraph section are in English, another quote is provided in which untranslated language?
(a) French.
(b) Spanish.
(c) German.
(d) Italian.

4. Francescho explains that she had committed herself to becoming an expert at painting which parts of the human body?
(a) Elbows.
(b) Ears.
(c) Hands.
(d) Calves.

5. With what material does Francescho bind her breasts in her quest to pass as a man?
(a) Velvet.
(b) Linen.
(c) Silk.
(d) Cotton.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Francescho recalls that her mother had named which two things as necessary in order "to get to live the life we're meant for" (112)?

3. What word does Francescho consistently shorten in a modern way throughout the her first-person narration of Eyes?

4. What had young Francesco expected her father to do once he overcame his grief enough to confront her about wearing her mothers' clothes?

5. Barto called his therapeutic method "the Rite of" (127) whom?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. 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)?

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

7. 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?

8. 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?

9. What crime did Cosmo likely commit the night after his first encounter with Francescho?

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

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