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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part V (Pages 236 - 292).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How will Judith and Abra signal to those inside the city to open the gate?
(a) By whistling.
(b) By knocking the secret knock.
(c) By ringing the bell.
(d) By turning their key.

2. How did Artemisia ruin a canvass when she was five or six years old?
(a) By getting dirt from her hands on it.
(b) By accidentally placing it too close to the fire.
(c) By painting on it without properly preparing it first.
(d) By tearing it.

3. What does Daniel tell Susanna will happen to the Elders?
(a) They will be stabbed.
(b) They will be crucified.
(c) They will be stoned.
(d) They will be fed to the lions.

4. What does Abra accuse Judith of dreaming of?
(a) Becoming a hero.
(b) Becoming a wife.
(c) Becoming a goddess.
(d) Becoming a martyr.

5. Why does Artemisia think the men who come to interview her about the rape ask her to repeat her story?
(a) To wear her down so she will say it never happened.
(b) To make sure Orazio hears it repeatedly.
(c) To make sure the whole household hears it.
(d) To make sure they get the details right.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Artemisia say to Tassi even as her hands are crushed at his trial?

2. What does Artemisia seem to lose her ability to do following the rape?

3. Why does the court call two midwives?

4. What does Judith's voice tell Artemisia as she struggles to hold a brush after her hands are broken?

5. What does Artemisia think could be "the answer" to the Holy Child's curls in her portrait in Part I?

(see the answer key)

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