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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Cristoforo show Alessandra after they are married?
(a) His china.
(b) His clothing that needs to be fixed.
(c) His hidden money.
(d) His art collection.

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

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

4. In Chapter 11, where does Alessandra notice the man watching her?
(a) At home.
(b) In church.
(c) In the market.
(d) At a party.

5. In Chapter 1, why does Alessandra sneak into the artist's rooms?
(a) To borrow his paint.
(b) To look at his drawings.
(c) To hide from her sister.
(d) To try to talk to him.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who tells Alessandra that she will enter into a marriage contract with Cristoforo?

2. Why does Alessandra meet with the painter in Chapter 12?

3. How does Alessandra respond to the news that she will marry Cristoforo?

4. Why does Cristoforo want to marry Alessandra?

5. In Chapter 2, why does Alessandra have problems dancing?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 6, what events interrupt the planning of Alessandra's sister's wedding?

2. When Alessandra first sits for the painter in Chapter 5, what makes it difficult to speak to him?

3. Why does Cristoforo want to marry Alessandra?

4. In "Prologue," what happens after Sister Lucrezia dies?

5. How does Alessandra feel about marriage in Chapter 3?

6. What news do Alessandra's parents share with her in Chapter 10?

7. In Chapter 9, how does Alessandra feel when she wakes up?

8. What does Alessandra do after sitting for the painter for the first time?

9. What does Alessandra do when she finds the painter in the chapel in Chapter 8?

10. What does the ringing bell in Chapter 17 remind Alessandra's mother of?

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