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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. How does the painter find Alessandra in the convent?
2. What does Alessandra do after cutting her finger in Chapter 27?
3. What does Alessandra discover when she returns home in Chapter 29?
4. Why does Savonarola visit the convents in Chapter 28?
5. Why does Alessandra fake her tumor?
Short Essay Questions
1. How do the French affect Alessandra's life in Chapter 20?
2. Why does Cristoforo fake his death?
3. What happens to the painter after he is released from jail in Chapter 42?
4. Why does the painter come to visit Alessandra in Chapter 21?
5. What does Alessandra do before the painter leaves the convent?
6. In Chapter 25, why does Alessandra ask her mother about her engagement?
7. How does Alessandra prepare to end her life?
8. Why does Cristoforo want Alessandra to kick the painter out of their house in Chapter 34?
9. How does Alessandra grow closer to the painter when he stays with her and Cristoforo?
10. How does painting the convent's chapel's fresco affect Alessandra?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Analyze the use of dialogue to develop the characters in the novel as compared to descriptive passages.
Essay Topic 2
Examine the influence of religion in this novel. How does it serve as a theme?
Essay Topic 3
Examine the theme of freedom in The Birth of Venus. Consider freedom in relationships, society, politics and the arts.
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