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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Alessandra go to the chapel in Chapter 8?

2. Why does Alessandra dress up in Chapter 12?

3. In Chapter 12, how many bodies are found?

4. Why are the plans for Alessandra's wedding rushed?

5. Why does Cristoforo say he married Alessandra?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. After the murder in the church, what is the next murder to be discovered?

6. Why does Alessandra say she wants to be married in Chapter 10?

7. In Chapter 1, what does Alessandra's father relationship with the painter represent?

8. How does Tomaso treat Alessandra before her wedding?

9. What happens when Alessandra tries to paint in Chapter 4?

10. What does Alessandra do when the painter doesn't tell her what he thinks of her drawings?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare at least two leaders in The Birth of Venus.

Essay Topic 2

What role does infidelity play in The Birth of Venus? How does the author portray infidelity as a positive thing? As a negative thing?

Essay Topic 3

What relationship between political and personal revolts does the author create in this novel?

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