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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is traditionally done to nuns after they die?
(a) They are immediately buried.
(b) They are given a rosary in their hand.
(c) They are covered in a white sheet.
(d) They are washed.

2. Why does Alessandra dress up in Chapter 12?
(a) Because her mother forces her.
(b) Because she is meeting her sister.
(c) Because she will see the painter.
(d) Because she is bored.

3. 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.

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

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

6. Where are the bodies found in Chapter 12?
(a) The school.
(b) The convent.
(c) The side of the road.
(d) The church.

7. Who tells Alessandra about the murder in the church?
(a) Tomaso.
(b) The painter.
(c) Her mother.
(d) Her father.

8. What does Savonarola most often preach about?
(a) The way to heaven.
(b) The end of the world.
(c) The faults of women.
(d) The immoral men.

9. What does the painter say about Alessandra's desire to paint in Chapter 12?
(a) That she isn't talented enough.
(b) That she is a woman and can't paint.
(c) That he won't teach her.
(d) He says nothing about her desire to paint.

10. What drawing does the painter drop in Chapter 16?
(a) A drawing of a naked woman.
(b) A drawing of children.
(c) A drawing of a dead man.
(d) A drawing of a tree.

11. Why do the people of Florence begin to go to church more in Chapter 11?
(a) To hear the monk preach.
(b) To celebrate their art.
(c) To pray for the French to leave.
(d) To save their souls.

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

13. When Alessandra sees the man watching her in Chapter 11, where does she realize she knows him from?
(a) Her sister's wedding.
(b) Church.
(c) She doesn't know him.
(d) He's a friend of the painter.

14. Why does Alessandra want medicine in Chapter 9?
(a) Because of a headache.
(b) Because she has been having trouble sleeping.
(c) Because she wants an excuse to see the painter.
(d) Because her stomach hurts.

15. 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 nervous.
(d) Because she is tired.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 9, why is it rumored that the murdered bodies will be moved?

2. What does Alessandra want Erila to give the painter in Chapter 6?

3. What does Alessandra ask the painter to do in Chapter 8?

4. How does Alessandra feel about her father going on the trip with the painter in Chapter 1?

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

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