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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Eyes: Pages 82-159.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When the woman whom Francescho has drawn asks to have the drawing, what condition does Francescho set?
(a) The woman must give Francescho a chaste kiss.
(b) The woman must tell Barto that she had engaged in sex with Francescho.
(c) The woman must pay Francescho.
(d) The woman must give Francescho a passionate kiss.

2. How old was Francesco at the time she was commissioned to paint one season of Borse's "painted year" (90)?
(a) 23.
(b) 27.
(c) 33.
(d) 36.

3. Which of Francescho's acquaintances did she NOT include as a Grace within Borse's fresco?
(a) Aguola.
(b) Ginevra.
(c) Isotta.
(d) Her mother.

4. Barto called his therapeutic method "the Rite of" (127) whom?
(a) Mnemosyne.
(b) Pandora.
(c) Persephone.
(d) Liturgy.

5. What kind of a poem occurs on the first pages of the novel section entitled Eyes?
(a) A haiku.
(b) A villanelle.
(c) A quatrain.
(d) A shaped poem.

Short Answer Questions

1. While three of the quotes in the novel's Epigraph section are in English, another quote is provided in which untranslated language?

2. What royal title did Borse hold when he commissioned Francescho to help paint a fresco?

3. Which character insulted Francesco's work before the painting of Marsyas disappeared, along with her bundle of sketches?

4. Which artist's works are considered to be "showy" (8) by Francescho?

5. Francesco states that "nobody knows us" (82) besides whom?

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