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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. What does Juan say he will always call Don Diego after the problem of the painting is solved?

2. What was wrong with the King's favorite dog?

3. What does Diego find that tells him of his daughter's love affair?

4. What does Murillo like to paint when he returns to Seville?

5. How is Don Diego wounded on a ship?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Juan get the Itallian nobles to recognize Don Diego's talent?

2. What happens when Lolis is asked to be Juan's wife?

3. What strange ability does Lolis have?

4. What is Juan worried will be found while he is in Northern Spain with Don Diego, and what is done about this?

5. What did Juan do to help the King's favorite dog?

6. What does Diego do when he finds one of the notes between Del Mazo and Paquita?

7. What does the King ask Juan to do before he leaves to Seville with Lolis?

8. What does the King do while he sits for his portraits?

9. What task does the King give Don Diego to distract him from the grief of his wife and daughter's deaths?

10. Where does Don Diego send most of his apprentices, and why?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Friendship is a strong theme throughout the book. Where are some places that this theme appears, and how do the characters touched by it react? How do certain friendships change over the course of the book, and what causes these changes?

Essay Topic 2

Shame and propriety are common themes throughout this book. What are some of the instances where these themes are present, and why are they so important to the characters involved?

Essay Topic 3

What are some of the key examples of gratitude in this book, and how do these instances influence that character's involved in those scenes?

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