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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. How does Alessandra's daughter, Plautilla, rebel in Chapter 47?
(a) She learns English.
(b) She prefers flat shoes.
(c) She rejects womanly arts.
(d) She refuses to wear her hair up.

2. What does Cristoforo do after the French leave Florence in Chapter 20?
(a) He joins the army.
(b) He leaves town.
(c) He hides his gold.
(d) He takes Alessandra for a vacation.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does the painter agree to go after being released from jail?

2. What does Cristoforo think will help him release Tomaso and the painter from jail?

3. What does Erila do when she moves into town?

4. What does Alessandra see on the ceiling of the chapel in Chapter 30?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. When Alessandra visits the painter while he is locked in the chapel, what does she discover about his art?

2. What illnesses does Cristoforo worry about in Chapter 37?

3. What does Alessandra do after learning Cristoforo has faked his death?

4. What is Alessandra's life like when the painter is at the convent?

5. How does Alessandra's pregnancy change her relationship with the servants?

6. Why is the painter arrested?

7. How does Alessandra grow closer to the painter when he stays with her and Cristoforo?

8. How does Erila react when she learns that Alessandra and the painter made love?

9. What does Savonarola preach about when he won't let women in the church?

10. Why does Cristoforo fake his death?

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