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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. How many "main kinds" (60) of the color green does Francescho tell Barto exist in the world?
(a) 2.
(b) 7.
(c) 4.
(d) 14.

2. With what material does Francescho bind her breasts in her quest to pass as a man?
(a) Silk.
(b) Velvet.
(c) Linen.
(d) Cotton.

3. For what amount of time had young Francescho worn her late mother's clothing before her father confronted her?
(a) Days.
(b) Months.
(c) Years.
(d) Weeks.

4. Which character insulted Francesco's work before the painting of Marsyas disappeared, along with her bundle of sketches?
(a) Cosmo.
(b) The Falcon.
(c) Borse.
(d) Barto.

5. Francescho's father suggested that she live as a man in order to eventually become an apprentice in what field?
(a) Medicine.
(b) The visual arts.
(c) Brickmaking.
(d) Architecture.

Short Answer Questions

1. What method did Francescho use in order to flee from Borse's service?

2. Who became concerned that Francescho's work was getting too lifeless and gloomy?

3. When Francescho left her father's tutelage, he gave her a letter written by whom?

4. Which of Francescho's acquaintances did she NOT include as a Grace within Borse's fresco?

5. Who protected Francescho from being taken as a sex slave by Borse?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the setting of the novel section entitled Eyes? Include in your answer the era, location, and situation depicted in the opening passages of How to Be Both.

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

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

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

5. What is "the rite of Mnemosyne" (127) and who proposed its use to Francescho?

6. Characterize Francescho's relationship with the Falcon.

7. Describe Francescho's reaction to an aspect of technology in the modern world.

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

9. In what way is the novel How to Be Both a piece of interactive fiction?

10. How had Francescho first come to be acquainted with Barto and in what activity did they generally engage when they met thereafter?

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