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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part IV (183 - 235).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Orazio grow angry with Artemisia while he quizzes her on her painting techniques and materials?
(a) Because she gets everything right, and he likes to be able to berate her for errors.
(b) Because she does not identify the linseed oil correctly.
(c) Because she makes many errors when talking about brushstrokes.
(d) Because she forgets how to describe grinding pigments.

2. What rank task does Orazio make Artemisia do in Part II?
(a) Take out the garbage.
(b) Clean his shoes.
(c) Empty the chamber pots.
(d) Boil the glue.

3. What happened to Artemisia the day after her mother died?
(a) She got her period for the first time.
(b) She broke her leg.
(c) She contracted the Plague.
(d) She threw up.

4. What kind of money does Artemisia refer to in Part I?
(a) Lira.
(b) Guilios.
(c) Euros.
(d) Swroes.

5. What does Orazio finally tell Artemisia about what she should do if she insists on charging Tassi?
(a) To paint a masterpiece with her story.
(b) To spend all her money on this endeavor.
(c) To find all the witnesses she can.
(d) To try to enlist Tuzia's help.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Artemisia remember as having saved Susanna?

2. What does Tassi say as he leaves Artemisia's house for the first time after he appears there following his rape of her?

3. What has Artemisia heard her brother Francesco reciting?

4. Who is the Assyrian military leader Judith ingratiates herself to?

5. What part of the Virgin Mary does Artemisia think is not quite right in her own painting?

(see the answer key)

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