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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Alessandra's mother feel about her painting?
(a) She thinks Alessandra's art is good, and she should paint.
(b) She thinks Alessandra's art is good, but she shouldn't paint.
(c) She thinks Alessandra's art is terrible, but she should still paint.
(d) She thinks Alessandra's art is terrible, and she shouldn't paint.

2. What does Cristoforo talk to Alessandra about the first time they speak?
(a) Science.
(b) Art.
(c) Religion.
(d) Marriage.

3. How does Savonarola describe the people of Florence?
(a) Weak.
(b) Troubled.
(c) Immoral.
(d) Old-fashioned.

4. In "Prologue," why does Mother Superior want to go against Sister Lucrezia's wishes?
(a) To prove the plague didn't come from the convent.
(b) Because Sister Lucrezia's wishes are too expensive.
(c) Because she dislikes Sister Lucrezia.
(d) To show her power in the church.

5. What does Alessandra fear when she sees the painter leave in the middle of night in Chapter 4?
(a) That he is running away.
(b) That he is visiting prostitutes.
(c) That he is a thief.
(d) That he is in trouble.

6. What does Alessandra ask of Cristoforo in Chapter 19?
(a) To let her paint.
(b) To take her home.
(c) To see the French.
(d) To give her money.

7. Who tells Alessandra that Cristoforo is a homosexual?
(a) Alessandra's mother.
(b) Cristoforo.
(c) Tomaso.
(d) Plautilla.

8. Why doesn't Alessandra talk to the painter when he first begins to paint her?
(a) Because she is being watched by a servant.
(b) Because the painter says she can't speak.
(c) Because she is tired.
(d) Because she is nervous.

9. Who tells Alessandra that she will enter into a marriage contract with Cristoforo?
(a) Plautilla.
(b) Her mother.
(c) Her father.
(d) Cristoforo.

10. How does Tomaso react to news of Plautilla's pregnancy?
(a) He says it is gross.
(b) He says he is proud.
(c) He says it better be a boy.
(d) He says Alessandra will be next.

11. In what century does "The Birth of Venus" take place?
(a) 15th century.
(b) 14th century.
(c) 12th century.
(d) 13th century.

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

13. How does Alessandra feel when she sneaks out in Chapter 16?
(a) Free.
(b) Sad.
(c) Confused.
(d) Afraid.

14. Why does Alessandra sneak out of the chapel in Chapter 8?
(a) Because it is late at night.
(b) Because the noise scared her.
(c) Because she doesn't want to talk to the painter anymore.
(d) Because she could be punished.

15. When Alessandra first sits for the painter, what does she ask him about talent?
(a) If he hates his talent.
(b) Who he knows with the most talent.
(c) If he has always been talented.
(d) If he thinks she is talented.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Alessandra have an escort in Chapter 5?

2. What does Tomaso say damaged Alessandra before she was born?

3. Where are the bodies found in Chapter 12?

4. In "Prologue," where does the nun die?

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

(see the answer keys)

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