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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2: Chapters 26-34.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Cristoforo have a copy of Dante's Divine Comedy?
(a) It's on loan.
(b) He bought it at an auction.
(c) It's his mother's.
(d) He stole it.

2. What does Alessandra do with the drawing the painter drops in Chapter 16?
(a) She gives it back to him.
(b) She has Erila take it.
(c) She takes it to her room.
(d) She ignores it.

3. How does Alessandra feel about Plautilla after her wedding in Chapter 7?
(a) She is happy she's gone.
(b) She doesn't think of Plautilla.
(c) She misses her.
(d) She is worried for her.

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

5. How does Cristoforo react when he learns about Alessandra making love to the painter?
(a) He laughs at her.
(b) He doesn't believe her.
(c) He tells her to send the painter away.
(d) He says he doesn't care.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Alessandra's mother give Alessandra in Chapter 25?

2. What does the painter finally talk to Alessandra about in Chapter 5?

3. What does Alessandra do when she cannot sleep in Chapter 27?

4. In Chapter 21, why does Alessandra begin spending time in Cristoforo's library?

5. Why does Cristoforo say he married Alessandra?

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