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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Artemisia make the best of being forced to do menial tasks away from her painting studio?
(a) She makes money from the menial tasks so she can run away on her own.
(b) She daydreams ideas for paintings during the tasks.
(c) She observes the world to use what she sees in her paintings.
(d) She meets friends during the tasks who boost her spirits.

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

3. What advice does Tassi give Artemisia that she is pleased to hear?
(a) To go to the council of elders and report her father's abuse.
(b) To trust her heart in her painting.
(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.

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

5. What is one thing that irritates Artemisia when she goes to market with Tuzia?
(a) Tuzia does not spend enough money.
(b) Tuzia makes Artemisia do all the talking.
(c) Tuzia is spending money Artemisia earned, but Artemisia is not even supposed to have any desires.
(d) Tuzia makes Artemisia dress in ridiculous clothes.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Tassi get Tuzia to agree to let him ride in the carriage with her and Artemisia?

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

3. Where is the commission from that Orazio covets that he wants Artemisia to help him secure?

4. What vegetable does Artemisia most often have to chop for dinner?

5. What does Tuzia make Artemisia do when they go to market?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Artemisia remember her mother who has passed away?

2. What does Artemisia do when she needs a female model for her paintings?

3. Why does Tuzia agree to let Tassi ride in the carriage to mass with herself and Artemisia?

4. Why does Artemisia's father not object to the unusual situation of having a female apprentice?

5. What did Artemisia's mother most wish for for her in relation to the last baby she ever had?

6. How does Orazio react when Artemisia lets it slip that she told Tassi she helps with the paintings?

7. How does Artemisia's mother begin her story to Artemisia about Susanna?

8. What does Artemisia know incites her father when he starts ranting about the supposedly poor quality of her own painting in Part I?

9. What does Artemisia wonder about when her family's servant Tuzia implores her to carry the baskets through the market because her arms are younger and stronger?

10. Why does Artemisia think her mother told her the story of Susanna as she matures?

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