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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1: Chapters 3-6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Alessandra feel about the order of painting in Chapter 1?
(a) She ignores the discussion.
(b) She becomes sad listening to the conversation.
(c) She wants her sister to leave her alone.
(d) She insists on being first.

2. What does the painter finally talk to Alessandra about in Chapter 5?
(a) Techniques.
(b) Money.
(c) Florence.
(d) Servants.

3. What does Alessandra do when the painter won't speak to her in Chapter 5?
(a) She teases him.
(b) She keeps changing the subject.
(c) She stops talking.
(d) She yells at him.

4. In "Prologue," where is the plague outbreak?
(a) Across the river.
(b) In a neighboring country.
(c) In a prison outside of town.
(d) Near the convent.

5. Why doesn't Alessandra talk to the painter when he first begins to paint her?
(a) Because she is nervous.
(b) Because she is tired.
(c) Because the painter says she can't speak.
(d) Because she is being watched by a servant.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 1, when does Sister Lucrezia's story begin?

2. In Chapter 1, why does Alessandra sneak into the artist's rooms?

3. In Chapter 2, why does Alessandra have problems dancing?

4. In what century does "The Birth of Venus" take place?

5. Why does Plautilla feel the painter should paint her first?

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