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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 is the girl doing while she and Cosimo are talking?

2. What color are Ursula's eyes?

3. How do the Spaniards appear to Cosimo?

4. Biagio says Cosimo and Viola's relationship works best when?

5. What does Biagio think of Cosimo and the girl?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the dream Cosimo had in chapter twenty-nine.

2. What does Biagio say about Viola and Cosimo's relationship?

3. How does Cosimo set up the protest against tithes?

4. What do the townspeople see and say about Viola and Cosimo?

5. What happens to Cosimo when Viola leaves?

6. What happens to Ottimo Massimo in chapter twenty?

7. What army show up in chapter twenty-eight and who is almost arrested by them?

8. What does Biagio find out about Viola's trips away?

9. What does Biagio say when he reflects on the ideals he and his brother had as youth?

10. What happens to the story of the Cavalier's death?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

When Cosimo meets the boys who steal fruit in the orchards around town, they first try to trap him, then invite him to join and finally, the reader is given a sense that he will become as a king to them.

1. Why do you think Cosimo is proving to be better in the trees after a couple of days then the boys, who have stolen fruit for years? Use examples from the text to support your answer.

2. Do you think Cosimo sees nothing wrong with stealing fruit? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

The reader may easily suppose, then, that he is a generous and doting lover, and recognizes in each woman, as he does in each of the other people with which he has interacted in the reader's observation, the things that make her valuable and unique, and in so recognizing it, helps her to recognize and celebrate it also.

1. Although this sentence was written about a lover, it can also be applied to any relationship. How do you think a person can make another feel valuable and unique? Use examples from the book to support your answer.

2. Describe a time in your life when you felt valuable and unique. Did you feel that way because of what someone else said or did?

3. Why do you think people in general like to feel valuable and unique? Use examples from the book and your own life to support your answer.

Essay Topic 3

Revolutionary lifestyle and revolutionary thinking lead to revolution.

1. What do you think is meant by this statement? Use examples from the book to support your answer.

2. Explain why the American Revolution demonstrates this principle.

3. Do you think Cosimo would have developed such revolutionary thinking had he not taken to the trees? Why or why not?

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