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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Alessandra stay up all night with Cristoforo in Chapter 40?
(a) To pack up their belongings.
(b) To pray together.
(c) To help him come up with an escape plan.
(d) To see if he will be arrested.

2. Why does Alessandra say the painter suffers from boils?
(a) To convince Erila to take care of him.
(b) To pass Savonarola's guards.
(c) To make him feel better.
(d) To keep Cristoforo away from him.

3. What upsets Tomaso most about his case of boils?
(a) The inability to use his hands.
(b) The way he is treated by the French.
(c) His lack of energy.
(d) His declining beauty.

4. Why does Alessandra assume the painter is the father of her child?
(a) Because her daughter speaks like him.
(b) Because her daughter prefers to paint.
(c) Because her daughter has his coloring.
(d) Because her daughter smiles like the painter.

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

6. What does Alessandra discover when she returns home in Chapter 29?
(a) That more painters have moved in.
(b) That her sister is also there.
(c) That the library books were stolen.
(d) That her parents are gone.

7. What does Erila do when she wakes Alessandra in Chapter 43?
(a) Drags her through town.
(b) Makes her take medicine.
(c) Changes her clothes.
(d) Has her move to the guest house.

8. After the painter leaves, how does Alessandra describe life at the convent?
(a) As beautiful.
(b) As changing.
(c) As mournful.
(d) As boring.

9. Why does Mother Superior let the painter stay with Alessandra in the convent?
(a) To do odd jobs around the convent.
(b) To help her with the chapel.
(c) She doesn't know the painter is staying at the convent.
(d) To keep her company.

10. How many people help Alessandra through her labor?
(a) None.
(b) Two.
(c) Three.
(d) One.

11. Where does Alessandra find the book with the inscription from Lorenzo?
(a) A store in town.
(b) The painter's bag.
(c) Cristoforo's library.
(d) Tomaso's room.

12. What does the man in the market with the snake tattoo do to it in front of Alessandra?
(a) He covers it up.
(b) He makes it move.
(c) He pretends to feed it.
(d) He flicks the skin.

13. In Chapter 49, why does the church come down on the convent?
(a) The church wants the convent to support the arts.
(b) The church wants the convent to be more conventional.
(c) The church wants the convent to stop wasting money.
(d) The church wants the convent to prepare more nuns.

14. How does Alessandra react when the monk asks for her help in Chapter 40?
(a) She agrees to help a little.
(b) She refuses him.
(c) She is disgusted with him.
(d) She runs away.

15. What does Cristoforo think will help him release Tomaso and the painter from jail?
(a) His friend who works at the jail.
(b) His political connections.
(c) His money.
(d) He doesn't think he can get them out of jail.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Alessandra want the painter to take their daughter with him when he leaves the convent?

2. What does Alessandra do after Plautilla visits in Chapter 35?

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

4. Why does Cristoforo say Savonarola is losing power in Chapter 41?

5. After meeting the monk in Chapter 40, what does Alessandra think of the monk?

(see the answer keys)

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