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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. What is the name of the woman whom Francescho draws rather than engaging in sex with her?
(a) Isotta.
(b) Mars.
(c) Ginevra.
(d) Minerva.

2. 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 give Francescho a passionate kiss.
(c) The woman must tell Barto that she had engaged in sex with Francescho.
(d) The woman must pay Francescho.

3. The "infidel" (84) stranger called Francesco a term in his own language meant to denote Francesco's tendency to take what action in relation to others' "expectations" (84)?
(a) Defy.
(b) Exceed.
(c) Destroy.
(d) Embroider.

4. Francesco chooses her male name in part because which member of her family had a name starting with the letter F?
(a) Her mother.
(b) Her grandmother.
(c) Her uncle.
(d) Her brother.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What word featured in the fresco did Francescho change before abandoning her position as a court painter under the marquis?

2. What type of ending did the story about the Virgin, the angel, and the boy have, though Francesco had not known this fact until much later?

3. At what kind of establishment do Barto and Francescho spend the night after viewing the processions?

4. What quality does Francesco come to suspect is "central to" the "nature" (90) of the young woman she is watching in the modern age?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What had Francescho's father done for a living and how had Francescho worked under his tutelage?

2. Characterize Francescho's relationship with the Falcon.

3. Name two themes contained in one quote within the novel's Epigraph section.

4. Which element of the fresco in Borse's palace had the Falcon insisted must be changed in order to avoid the wrath of Borse and others?

5. Describe the first meeting between Cosmo and Francescho.

6. What evidence does Francescho provide for her claim that there were other women in Renaissance-era Italy who posed as men in order to pursue careers in art?

7. What name does Francesco's father recommend she take and for what reason does she reject his suggestion?

8. What two elements of life had Francescho's mother named as those that are invaluable in getting "to live the life we're meant for" (112)?

9. What quality does Francescho "sense" is "central to" the "nature" (84) of the young woman whom she observes throughout the narrative?

10. What is Francescho's attitude toward the painter called Cosmo?

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