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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's end the conversation in Chapter 7?
(a) Because she wants to sleep.
(b) Because they are too loud.
(c) Because she doesn't want her children to fight.
(d) Because she has to leave.

2. What does Cristoforo do after the French leave Florence in Chapter 20?
(a) He takes Alessandra for a vacation.
(b) He hides his gold.
(c) He joins the army.
(d) He leaves town.

3. 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.

4. Why does Cristoforo want to marry Alessandra?
(a) He wants an heir.
(b) He has always admired her.
(c) He is lonely.
(d) He wants her father to pay him.

5. What does Sister Lucrezia want done with the nun's body in "Prologue"?
(a) She wants it buried in the clothes the nun was wearing when she died.
(b) She wants to put two rosaries on the nun's body.
(c) She wants it buried in new clothes.
(d) She wants the body to be put in a vault in the church.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the painter say about Alessandra's desire to paint in Chapter 12?

2. In Chapter 1, what is the painter Alessandra's father knows hired for?

3. What does Alessandra see of the painter's in the chapel in Chapter 8?

4. In Chapter 24, what does Alessandra notice about the clothing worn by the people in Florence?

5. Why does Alessandra struggle to paint in Chapter 4?

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