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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 Don Diego give Juan to hide his possessions while he is in Northern Spain?

2. What does Juan promise to do if his Master's returned wound is healed?

3. What does Don Diego say most people are fond of?

4. What does Juan show the nobles to get them excited about Don Diego's talents?

5. What is Don Diego doing while on his trip to Northern Spain?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What does Don Diego tell Juan not to call him after he is freed, and what is Juan's response?

4. What happens while Juan and Don Diego are sailing for Italy the second time?

5. What does Murillo do after his time at Don Diego' house?

6. What does Francisco Lezcano say to Juan about their similarities?

7. What does Diego say during one of the King's sittings that pleases the King?

8. What strange ability does Lolis have?

9. What impresses Don Diego about Bartolomy's art?

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

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

What were some of the forms of foreshadowing used in this book, and how did those moments affect the course of the plot?

Essay Topic 3

Personal identity was one of the main themes in this book. Where did this theme appear, and how did its inclusion in the novel shape the course of the plot?

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