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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. When the woman whom Francescho has drawn asks to have the drawing, what condition does Francescho set?
2. What word featured in the fresco did Francescho change before abandoning her position as a court painter under the marquis?
3. Francescho tells the reader about a time in her early childhood when she had cried about which object's disappearance?
4. When Francescho left her father's tutelage, he gave her a letter written by whom?
5. Francesco states that "nobody knows us" (82) besides whom?
Short Essay Questions
1. In what way is the novel How to Be Both a piece of interactive fiction?
2. 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?
3. What is "the rite of Mnemosyne" (127) and who proposed its use to Francescho?
4. Characterize Francescho's relationship with the Falcon.
5. 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?
6. Name two themes contained in one quote within the novel's Epigraph section.
7. 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)?
8. For what reason did the protagonist of Eyes have need of a new name?
9. How had Francescho first come to be acquainted with Barto and in what activity did they generally engage when they met thereafter?
10. How does the theme of family bonds arise within Francescho's statement about his top three most influential artists?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Look carefully at the passages of How to Be Both that describe the close relationship between decay and crystallization. What is Smith’s purpose for discussing at length the nature of this connection?
Essay Topic 2
Write a critical essay about the novel How to Be Both while using the critical power theory lens of feminist theory. Use textual evidence to back up your strong, specific claim regarding the novel's treatment of gender roles, the objectification of women, female empowerment, misogyny's role within society, or any other issues related to feminist theory that can be found in the novel.
Essay Topic 3
Sensory details are used frequently by Smith in order to create vivid pictures of each character's progression through the narrative of How to Be Both. Choose three scenes in which sensory details are heavily used and discuss how the sensory details used serve Smith’s creation of vivid characters to populate the narrative.
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