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

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

3. Where does Plautilla's daughter live when she is killed by the plague?
(a) The country.
(b) In France.
(c) Florence.
(d) With Alessandra.

4. How does Cristoforo react to the plague?
(a) He ignores it.
(b) With humor.
(c) He leaves town.
(d) With fear.

5. Who finishes Alessandra's snake tattoo?
(a) The painter.
(b) Alessandra.
(c) Erila.
(d) A tattoo artist in town.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is the painter arrested in Chapter 41?

2. What does Alessandra discover when she returns home in Chapter 29?

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

4. In Chapter 48, what does Alessandra say the painter did while staying in Florence?

5. How does the painter try to stop himself from painting in Chapter 30?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Cristoforo react to Tomaso and the painter being arrested?

3. Why does the painter come to visit Alessandra in Chapter 21?

4. Why does Cristoforo want Alessandra to kick the painter out of their house in Chapter 34?

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

6. What does Alessandra do before the painter leaves the convent?

7. Why does the painter end up locking himself in the chapel, even refusing food?

8. How does Alessandra react when Cristoforo brings Tomaso home in Chapter 26?

9. What does Savonarola do when the plague comes to Florence?

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

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