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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part II (Pages 62 - 122).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does one Elder tell her he will do if Susanna does not take off her robe?
(a) Take it off for her.
(b) Beat her.
(c) Tell the world that she cavorted in her garden with a man who was not her husband, which would mean death for Susanna.
(d) Kill her.

2. What does Artemisia tell Tassi she thinks about her father's painting?
(a) He would be a better painter if he drank less.
(b) It is very good.
(c) He used to be a good painter, but he has been terrible since her mother's death.
(d) It is bad.

3. What subject is Artemisia doing a secret painting of her own of?
(a) John the Baptist.
(b) Susanna and the Elders.
(c) The Virgin Mary.
(d) David.

4. What part of the Virgin Mary does Artemisia think is not quite right in her own painting?
(a) The dress.
(b) The arm.
(c) The eyes.
(d) The hair.

5. What advice does Tassi give Artemisia that she is pleased to hear?
(a) To trust her heart in her painting.
(b) To go to the council of elders and report her father's abuse.
(c) To strike out on her own and get her own studio.
(d) To try to appeal to Tuzia to take her out of the house more.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Artemisia paint breasts differently from how men paint them?

2. What is the only thing about preparing dinner that Artemisia likes?

3. How did Artemisia's mother Prudentia die?

4. What do Artemisia's brothers have that she envies?

5. Where does Susanna bathe in the story Artemisia's mother tells her?

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