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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. Why does Alessandra ask her mother about her engagement in Chapter 25?
(a) To understand her mother's opinion of her.
(b) To find out if she is owed money.
(c) To make small talk.
(d) To see what she knows about Cristoforo.

2. How does Alessandra get the painter to let her in the chapel in Chapter 29?
(a) She begs him.
(b) She bribes him.
(c) She tricks him.
(d) She just opens the door.

3. Why does the painter leave one panel of the chapel fresco blank?
(a) He ran out of inspiration.
(b) For Alessandra to paint.
(c) He used all the paint.
(d) He wants to paint it later.

4. How does Alessandra feel about seeing Cristoforo with Tomaso in Chapter 26?
(a) She is happy.
(b) She is jealous.
(c) She doesn't care.
(d) She doesn't see them together.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Savonarola visit the convents in Chapter 28?

2. How does Alessandra react when the monk asks for her help in Chapter 40?

3. What upsets Tomaso most about his case of boils?

4. In Chapter 20, how many days do the French stay in Florence?

5. When does Savonarola return to preach after being excommunicated?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is the painter arrested?

2. How does Alessandra react to the snake tattoo she sees on the man in the market?

3. How do the French affect Alessandra's life in Chapter 20?

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

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

6. What makes Alessandra's life in the convent less pleasing to her?

7. What happens to the painter after he is released from jail in Chapter 42?

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

9. How does Alessandra prepare to end her life?

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

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