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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When the bell rings in Chapter 17, what does it remind Alessandra's mother of?
(a) When Plautilla was born.
(b) When her father died.
(c) When she was married.
(d) When she was pregnant.

2. How does Alessandra feel about Plautilla after her wedding in Chapter 7?
(a) She doesn't think of Plautilla.
(b) She is worried for her.
(c) She is happy she's gone.
(d) She misses her.

3. What drawing does the painter drop in Chapter 16?
(a) A drawing of a naked woman.
(b) A drawing of a tree.
(c) A drawing of a dead man.
(d) A drawing of children.

4. What does Alessandra want Erila to give the painter in Chapter 6?
(a) A book.
(b) A brush.
(c) A letter.
(d) A mirror.

5. When Alessandra first sits for the painter, what does she ask him about talent?
(a) If he has always been talented.
(b) If he thinks she is talented.
(c) If he hates his talent.
(d) Who he knows with the most talent.

6. When does Tomaso believe Alessandra should be painted in Chapter 1?
(a) He doesn't care when she is painted.
(b) First.
(c) He thinks she shouldn't be painted.
(d) Last.

7. What does Alessandra like most about Cristoforo's copy of Divine Comedy?
(a) The handwritten notes.
(b) The leather cover.
(c) The flow of the poems.
(d) The drawings of hell.

8. What does Alessandra do when the painter won't speak to her in Chapter 5?
(a) She keeps changing the subject.
(b) She teases him.
(c) She stops talking.
(d) She yells at him.

9. Why does Cristoforo have a copy of Dante's Divine Comedy?
(a) He stole it.
(b) He bought it at an auction.
(c) It's his mother's.
(d) It's on loan.

10. Who tells Alessandra about the murder in the church?
(a) Her mother.
(b) The painter.
(c) Her father.
(d) Tomaso.

11. After discussing Plautilla's pregnancy in Chapter 7, what does Tomaso change the subject to?
(a) Money.
(b) The painter.
(c) His work.
(d) Alessandra's painting.

12. What does Alessandra do when she hears a noise in the chapel in Chapter 8?
(a) She makes the painter check it out.
(b) She calls out to it.
(c) She hides.
(d) She ignores it.

13. How does Savonarola describe the people of Florence?
(a) Weak.
(b) Immoral.
(c) Old-fashioned.
(d) Troubled.

14. What does the painter finally talk to Alessandra about in Chapter 5?
(a) Servants.
(b) Money.
(c) Florence.
(d) Techniques.

15. Why does Alessandra's end the conversation in Chapter 7?
(a) Because she doesn't want her children to fight.
(b) Because they are too loud.
(c) Because she wants to sleep.
(d) Because she has to leave.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Alessandra see the painter leave her house at night in Chapter 4?

2. Why does the painter grid the roof of the chapel in Chapter 15?

3. When Alessandra wakes up in Chapter 9, why does she wait before going downstairs?

4. In the beginning of Chapter 10, where are the French?

5. In Chapter 13, what party does Alessandra attend?

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