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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. Why does Alessandra have an escort in Chapter 5?
(a) Because she is untrustworthy.
(b) Because it is the only job the elderly servant can still do.
(c) Because she gets lost easily.
(d) Because she is being painted.

2. How does the painter try to stop himself from painting in Chapter 30?
(a) He locks himself in the chapel.
(b) He wounds both his hands.
(c) He burns his paints.
(d) He stops eating.

3. Who does Alessandra wait for her father with in Chapter 1?
(a) She waits alone.
(b) Her sister.
(c) Her mother.
(d) Her brother.

4. In Chapter 14, how does Alessandra describe Cristoforo's understanding of her?
(a) That he understands her desires.
(b) That he understands her youth.
(c) That he doesn't understand her at all.
(d) That he understands her education.

5. In Chapter 30, how does the painter say he learned about the human form?
(a) From reading books.
(b) From visiting prostitutes.
(c) From studying corpses.
(d) From spying on people.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Alessandra find the book with the inscription from Lorenzo?

2. In Chapter 23, what does Savonarola say about his sermon?

3. What does the man in the market with the snake tattoo do to it in front of Alessandra?

4. What does Alessandra ask of Cristoforo in Chapter 19?

5. How does Cristoforo react to the plague?

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