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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1: Chapters 15-19.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Erila interrupt Alessandra's painting in Chapter 4?
(a) To help her paint.
(b) To bring her food.
(c) To ask her a question.
(d) To wash her hands.

2. Why does Alessandra visit the painter before she is married?
(a) To see if he will talk her out of the marriage.
(b) To confess her feelings.
(c) To learn to paint.
(d) To hear his opinion on her work.

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

4. What does Alessandra want Erila to give the painter in Chapter 6?
(a) A book.
(b) A mirror.
(c) A brush.
(d) A letter.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Savonarola most often preach about?

2. Why does Alessandra go to the chapel in Chapter 8?

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

4. After discussing Plautilla's pregnancy in Chapter 7, what does Tomaso change the subject to?

5. Where are the bodies found in Chapter 12?

(see the answer key)

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