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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. At what kind of establishment do Barto and Francescho spend the night after viewing the processions?
2. The Falcon told Francescho that the figure of Minerva required what kind of accompaniment?
3. What is the name of the woman whom Francescho draws rather than engaging in sex with her?
4. How old was "the pickpocket" (113) at the time he was hired by Francescho?
5. Barto called his therapeutic method "the Rite of" (127) whom?
Short Essay Questions
1. How had Francescho first come to be acquainted with Barto and in what activity did they generally engage when they met thereafter?
2. Characterize Francescho's relationship with the Falcon.
3. What had Francescho's father done for a living and how had Francescho worked under his tutelage?
4. 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?
5. For what reason had Francescho eventually been banned from the brothel in Reggio?
6. For what reason did the protagonist of Eyes have need of a new name?
7. What is Francescho's attitude toward the painter called Cosmo?
8. What story does Francescho recount about "the infidel worker" (83) whose likeness she had eventually painted into Borse's fresco?
9. Name two themes contained in one quote within the novel's Epigraph section.
10. What is the setting of the novel section entitled Eyes? Include in your answer the era, location, and situation depicted in the opening passages of How to Be Both.
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Analyze the ways in which the themes of adaptability and resignation appear within Smith’s novel How to Be Both. What message is Smith sending about these two themes over the course of the narrative?
Essay Topic 2
Choose an object from How to Be Both, such as the snail, the Super 8 video footage, or some other symbolic object placed within the narrative. Discuss the symbol's overall meaning and its connection to broader themes within the text.
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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