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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 was NOT a scent Francesco reported detecting during her sexual encounter with the "infidel" (87) stranger?
(a) Bread.
(b) Clean earth.
(c) Apples.
(d) Grass.

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

3. What royal title did Borse hold when he commissioned Francescho to help paint a fresco?
(a) Marquis.
(b) Earl.
(c) Dauphin.
(d) Baron.

4. When the woman whom Francescho has drawn asks to have the drawing, what condition does Francescho set?
(a) The woman must tell Barto that she had engaged in sex with Francescho.
(b) The woman must give Francescho a chaste kiss.
(c) The woman must give Francescho a passionate kiss.
(d) The woman must pay Francescho.

5. Whose action resulted in Francesco being hired to contribute one season to Borse's "painted year" (90)?
(a) Barto.
(b) Donatello.
(c) The Falcon.
(d) Francesco's father.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what city was Francescho residing when she was notified that her father had died?

2. Francescho sees the two siblings in the museum taking what action together?

3. Francescho recalls that her mother had always told her to be willing to take what action in relation to her skin?

4. For what amount of time had young Francescho worn her late mother's clothing before her father confronted her?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. 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?

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

8. 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?

9. Describe Francescho's reaction to an aspect of technology in the modern world.

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

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