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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. For what reason does Cosimo protect the townspeople?
(a) to fight the French
(b) to maintain his image
(c) for a fee
(d) compassion

2. What does Biagio think of Cosimo and the girl?
(a) he doesn't know about her
(b) they are a bad idea
(c) they need to know each other better
(d) they are perfect together

3. Why does he help the French lay out roads?
(a) to protect the trees
(b) for something to do
(c) for a wage
(d) to save the farms

4. What does Viola say Cosimo's idea of love is?
(a) mixed up
(b) too loose
(c) old fashion
(d) very narrow

5. What does Cosimo claim to be to the group?
(a) a monk
(b) an atheist
(c) a Freemason
(d) a married man

6. How do the townspeople know Viola has left for a long absence?
(a) Cosimo quits talking
(b) they don't see her white horse
(c) when Cosimo is in the ilex tree
(d) the dog is in the tree

7. How do the Spaniards appear to Cosimo?
(a) finely dressed, somber, and civilized
(b) disheartened
(c) rough and uneducated
(d) dirty and poor

8. Why has Father Don Sulpico reappeared in the area?
(a) still wants to stop free-thinking
(b) bringing a message to Cosimo
(c) to start a new church
(d) to start a new order of monks

9. What is the girl doing while she and Cosimo are talking?
(a) wading in a pond
(b) grooming her horse
(c) petting the dog
(d) ordering the servants around

10. How does Cosimo hitch a ride on a hot air balloon?
(a) grabbed the anchor rope from the trees
(b) Biagio threw him into it
(c) he jumped in the basket from the top of a tree
(d) a sit was lowered to him

11. What does Cosimo do with the French soldiers?
(a) burns their gear
(b) has birds drop on them
(c) gives them fleas
(d) joins their camp

12. What happens as the result of their argument?
(a) Cosimo moves into her house
(b) Viola leaves and they never see each other again
(c) nothing, they go on as usual
(d) they get married

13. What do the townspeople begin to do to help Cosimo?
(a) listen to him rant
(b) bring him good food
(c) look for another woman for him
(d) write him poetry

14. With what do the Cossacks come back?
(a) a dead deer for meat
(b) Cosimo's brother
(c) dead French soldiers
(d) a stray dog

15. What does Viola want Cosimo to allow?
(a) not getting married
(b) having children
(c) her frequent trips away
(d) her multiple lovers

Short Answer Questions

1. Why has Cosimo decided to help the townspeople with their tithes to the nobles?

2. What color are Ursula's eyes?

3. Where does Biagio go for a year?

4. What happens when a jealous suitor goes after Cosimo?

5. Why is a girl on a horse riding hard across the field for the trees?

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