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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Artemisia often do to make it easier for her to move around while she paints?
(a) Wears pants.
(b) Hikes up her skirts.
(c) Does not wear shoes.
(d) Wears a short-sleeved shirt.

2. Who is Artemisia's father?
(a) Marco Rania.
(b) Orazio Gentileschi.
(c) Silvio Berlucci.
(d) Tino Tassi.

3. How did Artemisia's mother Prudentia die?
(a) From cancer.
(b) From the Plague.
(c) In a carriage accident.
(d) In childbirth.

4. How does Judith's husband die?
(a) He goes off to fight the Assyrians and never returns.
(b) He is killed in a carriage accident.
(c) His brother kills him.
(d) He gets a fever and dies.

5. 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 hair.
(d) The eyes.

6. What does Tassi say to Artemisia just before she goes into mass in Part II?
(a) She should skip mass and go with him to the cafe.
(b) She should paint in her mind.
(c) She should pray hard.
(d) Now she will have something to confess.

7. What does Tassi ask Artemisia to do in Part II that thrills her at first?
(a) Run away to Florence with him.
(b) Start her own shop.
(c) Come to paint in his studio.
(d) Take his assistant's place.

8. Where does Susanna bathe in the story Artemisia's mother tells her?
(a) Her bathroom in her house.
(b) Her garden.
(c) The bathroom of a hotel.
(d) The public baths in Florence.

9. What does Tassi say when Artemisia asks if he can secure a commission for Orazio?
(a) He knows the family offering the commission does not like Orazio's work.
(b) He thought both he and she agreed that Orazio's work was bad.
(c) He can definitely get a commission for Orazio.
(d) He knows the Pope does not like Orazio's work.

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

11. What question does Tassi ask Artemisia repeatedly in Part II?
(a) Why is she so blue?
(b) Why does she not talk to her mother more often?
(c) Why does she not use brighter colors?
(d) Why does she not get her own studio?

12. Who is Judith's husband?
(a) Malachi.
(b) Rodana.
(c) Marshall.
(d) Joaquim.

13. What vegetable does Artemisia most often have to chop for dinner?
(a) Onions.
(b) Carrots.
(c) Peppers.
(d) Kale.

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

15. Where does Artemisia say everything begins from in Part I?
(a) The studio.
(b) The pigment grinding.
(c) The park.
(d) The viewing point.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Artemisia model one of the terrible Elders in her painting of Susanna after?

2. What secret does Artemisia tell Tassi in Part II?

3. Why does Artemisia feel she can paint her own Susanna after having a few lessons with Tassi?

4. Why does Artemisia think her father asked Tassi to teach her?

5. What does Artemisia say her father often does more than the work of painting?

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