The Birth of Venus Quiz | Eight Week Quiz A

Sarah Dunant
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 124 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

The Birth of Venus Quiz | Eight Week Quiz A

Sarah Dunant
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 124 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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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. What do Erila and Alessandra talk about in Chapter 4?
(a) Moving to another country.
(b) Gossip about people.
(c) Alessandra's work.
(d) The painter.

2. 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 yells at him.
(d) She stops talking.

3. In Chapter 1, why does Alessandra sneak into the artist's rooms?
(a) To try to talk to him.
(b) To borrow his paint.
(c) To hide from her sister.
(d) To look at his drawings.

4. Why does Plautilla feel the painter should paint her first?
(a) Because she is the richest.
(b) Because she is the oldest.
(c) Because she will be married soon.
(d) Because she is the prettiest.

5. In Chapter 3, what does Alessandra's mother warn her about her future husband?
(a) He may not like her being an artist.
(b) He may not be rich.
(c) He may be much older than she is.
(d) He may want to travel without her.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Alessandra first sits for the painter, what does she ask him about talent?

2. What is rumored to have killed Sister Lucrezia in the convent?

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

4. Who does Alessandra wait for her father with in Chapter 1?

5. In "Prologue," why does Mother Superior want to go against Sister Lucrezia's wishes?

(see the answer key)

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