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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. From what fate does Francescho say her horse had once saved her?
2. How many "main kinds" (60) of the color green does Francescho tell Barto exist in the world?
3. Who became concerned that Francescho's work was getting too lifeless and gloomy?
4. What term did the "infidel" (84) stranger use to ask Francesco for a belt before she provided him with a length of rope?
5. While three of the quotes in the novel's Epigraph section are in English, another quote is provided in which untranslated language?
Short Essay Questions
1. What name does Francesco's father recommend she take and for what reason does she reject his suggestion?
2. For what reason did the protagonist of Eyes have need of a new name?
3. 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.
4. Describe Francescho's reaction to an aspect of technology in the modern world.
5. What is "the rite of Mnemosyne" (127) and who proposed its use to Francescho?
6. How had Francescho first come to be acquainted with Barto and in what activity did they generally engage when they met thereafter?
7. What had Francescho's father done for a living and how had Francescho worked under his tutelage?
8. What quality does Francescho "sense" is "central to" the "nature" (84) of the young woman whom she observes throughout the narrative?
9. For what reason had Francescho eventually been banned from the brothel in Reggio?
10. Characterize Francescho's relationship with the Falcon.
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss the messages sent about the theme of appearance versus reality within Smith's novel How to Be Both.
Essay Topic 2
What is the function of H's character within the novel? Discuss the characterization methods used by Smith in depicting H and include in your discussion the reasons that Smith portrays H in these particular ways.
Essay Topic 3
Write a critical essay about the novel How to Be Both while using the critical power theory lens of feminist theory. Use textual evidence to back up your strong, specific claim regarding the novel's treatment of gender roles, the objectification of women, female empowerment, misogyny's role within society, or any other issues related to feminist theory that can be found in the novel.
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