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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. Around which object did Francescho paint "a gathering of working women" (110)?
2. With what material does Francescho bind her breasts in her quest to pass as a man?
3. What word featured in the fresco did Francescho change before abandoning her position as a court painter under the marquis?
4. What word does Francescho consistently shorten in a modern way throughout the her first-person narration of Eyes?
5. What term does Francescho use in the scene at the museum in order to describe the viewer of her painting before she realizes her mistake?
Short Essay Questions
1. What had Francescho's father done for a living and how had Francescho worked under his tutelage?
2. 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?
3. What is Francescho's attitude toward the painter called Cosmo?
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. 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)?
6. What name does Francesco's father recommend she take and for what reason does she reject his suggestion?
7. What assumption does Francescho make about the person she observes looking at a painting in the museum and what event makes her sure that she had been mistaken?
8. In what way is the novel How to Be Both a piece of interactive fiction?
9. What is "the rite of Mnemosyne" (127) and who proposed its use to Francescho?
10. Characterize Francescho's relationship with the Falcon.
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Sensory details are used frequently by Smith in order to create vivid pictures of each character's progression through the narrative of How to Be Both. Choose three scenes in which sensory details are heavily used and discuss how the sensory details used serve Smith’s creation of vivid characters to populate the narrative.
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
Trace the characterization arc of George’s character throughout the novel How to Be Both. Discuss whether George is a round or flat character and whether George is a static or dynamic character.
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