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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. Barto called his therapeutic method "the Rite of" (127) whom?
2. Which ingredient did Francescho always use to create richer colors of paint?
3. Francescho's father suggested that she live as a man in order to eventually become an apprentice in what field?
4. Which objects does Francescho recall teaching Cosmo how to paint more realistically?
5. With what type of poem does Francescho end the section of text entitled Eyes?
Short Essay Questions
1. 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)?
2. 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?
3. 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?
4. What insights does Francescho provide into the subversive elements of her artwork?
5. What story does Francescho recount about "the infidel worker" (83) whose likeness she had eventually painted into Borse's fresco?
6. For what reason had Francescho eventually been banned from the brothel in Reggio?
7. What is "the rite of Mnemosyne" (127) and who proposed its use to Francescho?
8. Characterize Francescho's relationship with the Falcon.
9. What quality does Francescho "sense" is "central to" the "nature" (84) of the young woman whom she observes throughout the narrative?
10. What is Francescho's attitude toward the painter called Cosmo?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Explicate the theme of family bonds within How to Be Both. What is Smith’s message regarding family and how do you know?
Essay Topic 2
Examine the novel How to Be Both from an Existential perspective. What elements of life does it suggest hold the most meaning and why?
Essay Topic 3
Discuss how and why Smith instills three different humanist messages into the narrative of How to Be Both.
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