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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3: Chapters 35-39.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Tomaso say damaged Alessandra before she was born?
(a) Their father's drinking.
(b) Their mother witnessing violence.
(c) Their mother falling.
(d) Their father leaving to fight in a war.

2. How does Savonarola react to the plague?
(a) He burns objects.
(b) He preaches from under a hood.
(c) He hands out free bibles.
(d) He begins to practice medicine.

3. What does Alessandra like most about Cristoforo's copy of Divine Comedy?
(a) The handwritten notes.
(b) The leather cover.
(c) The flow of the poems.
(d) The drawings of hell.

4. What does Alessandra ask of Cristoforo in Chapter 19?
(a) To give her money.
(b) To see the French.
(c) To take her home.
(d) To let her paint.

5. Why does the Pope excommunicate Savonarola?
(a) For giving away bibles.
(b) For taking offerings from homes.
(c) For spreading the plague.
(d) For hiding money.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do Alessandra's servants feel compassion for her when she is pregnant?

2. Why does Alessandra return home after sneaking out in Chapter 16?

3. Who does Plautilla want to talk about when she visits Alessandra in Chapter 35?

4. When Alessandra returns home in Chapter 37, what does Cristoforo worry about?

5. When the bell rings in Chapter 17, what does it remind Alessandra's mother of?

(see the answer key)

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