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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Alessandra have assist her with the fresco in the convent's chapel?
(a) The painter.
(b) No one.
(c) Her daughter.
(d) The Mother Superior.

2. How does the painter find Alessandra in the convent?
(a) Cristoforo told him.
(b) He heard of her fresco.
(c) He got her letter.
(d) He saw her from the street.

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

4. When does Savonarola return to preach after being excommunicated?
(a) New Year's.
(b) Easter.
(c) Christmas.
(d) Fall harvest.

5. What does the painter do when he learns that Alessandra is pregnant?
(a) He decides to finish the last panel of the fresco.
(b) He ignores it.
(c) He wants to talk to her about it.
(d) He plans a vacation.

6. In Chapter 42, what happens when Savonarola fails to raise to the challenge of another monk?
(a) He moves away.
(b) The other monk challenges him again.
(c) Disease strikes again.
(d) A storm rolls through town.

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

8. Who does Plautilla want to talk about when she visits Alessandra in Chapter 35?
(a) Tomaso.
(b) Savonarola.
(c) Their mother.
(d) Herself.

9. Why does Savonarola visit the convents in Chapter 28?
(a) To remove sinners.
(b) To meet the nuns.
(c) To find a staff.
(d) To hunt down traitors.

10. Why does Alessandra send her mother away in Chapter 25?
(a) She is angry with her.
(b) She dislikes the gift.
(c) Cristoforo is coming home soon.
(d) She isn't feeling well.

11. In Chapter 23, what does Savonarola say about his sermon?
(a) That women aren't allowed to listen to it.
(b) That it is about the future of Italy.
(c) That he has to charge to let people listen to it.
(d) That it must be printed as well as heard.

12. Why is the painter arrested in Chapter 41?
(a) Because he committed adultery.
(b) Because Tomaso said he was a homosexual.
(c) Because he painted a devil in a church.
(d) Because he never finished the fresco.

13. What does Alessandra do after cutting her finger in Chapter 27?
(a) She goes to sleep.
(b) She draws with the blood.
(c) She yells for Erila to help her.
(d) She wraps it in a sheet.

14. How does Alessandra cut herself in Chapter 27?
(a) With a piece of broken glass.
(b) With a chalk sharpener.
(c) With a chef's knife.
(d) With a key.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How many people help Alessandra through her labor?

2. In Chapter 22, what worries Cristoforo about Savonarola?

3. How does Alessandra feel about seeing Cristoforo with Tomaso in Chapter 26?

4. What makes Tomaso confess his homosexuality to his mother?

5. Why does Cristoforo fear Tomaso will give his name after being arrested?

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