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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who is the servant in Artemisia's family?
(a) Margarita.
(b) Lia.
(c) Bella.
(d) Tuzia.

3. Artemisia says she can cover the flaws in Orazio's talent but can do nothing for the flaws in what other area?
(a) His wallet.
(b) His perception.
(c) His soul.
(d) His heart.

4. Why does Artemisia think her father asked Tassi to teach her?
(a) Because he thinks Tassi would be a good suitor to her.
(b) Because he wants to endear himself to Tassi to get a piece of a new commission.
(c) Because he wants Artemisia to see what a really great painter can offer her.
(d) Because he thinks Artemisia needs help with her pigment grinding.

5. What does Judith give to Abra as they prepare for their journey?
(a) Her own cloak.
(b) Her best handkerchief.
(c) Her ring.
(d) Her best shoes.

6. What does Artemisia's mother tell her about the beast?
(a) The beast is always hungry.
(b) You will always hear the beast breathing.
(c) You never see the best until he is upon you.
(d) The beast may look like a friend of the family.

7. What is the new commission that Orazio asks Artemisia to model for him in Part II?
(a) Judith.
(b) Susanna.
(c) Rebecca.
(d) The Madonna.

8. In which piazza is there an octagonal fountain that Artemisia likes?
(a) Piazza Octavia.
(b) Piazza Navona.
(c) Piazza dei Fiori.
(d) Piazza di Santa Maria.

9. What does Artemisia's mother tell her the world will tell her NOT to be?
(a) Beautiful.
(b) Kind.
(c) Outraged.
(d) Placid.

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

11. What is the only thing about preparing dinner that Artemisia likes?
(a) Wielding the blade.
(b) Smelling the onions.
(c) Talking with Tuzia.
(d) Tasting the meat.

12. Why does Susanna not call out for her husband when she feels under threat from the Elders in her garden?
(a) Her husband is dead.
(b) Her husband is having an affair with the maid in the house.
(c) Her husband is away.
(d) Her husband is deaf.

13. What does Artemisia think her mother knew about all the men who painted Susanna?
(a) They always rushed their painting and their painting was terrible for that.
(b) They knew how monstrous men could be.
(c) They never got the shading of the garden right.
(d) They could not understand a woman's feelings in a moment like the one Susanna experienced.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Artemisia's mother's full name?

2. What does Susanna do when she senses the Elders watching her in the bath?

3. What did Artemisia's mother tell her Judith is rather than a nubile nude?

4. What does one Elder say to the other as they leave Susanna's garden?

5. What kind of oil does Artemisia routinely use in her painting?

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