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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. 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 never got the shading of the garden right.
(c) They knew how monstrous men could be.
(d) They could not understand a woman's feelings in a moment like the one Susanna experienced.

2. Why does Artemisia feel she can paint her own Susanna after having a few lessons with Tassi?
(a) Tassi has told her he will pay her for this painting.
(b) Tassi has taught her perspective in a way she did not understand before.
(c) Tassi has given her the confidence she needed to paint her own work.
(d) Tassi has shown her how to grind the pigments correctly.

3. Who is the teacher Orazio has hired to help Artemisia with her painting?
(a) Agostino Tassi.
(b) Silvio Banucci.
(c) Marto Valli.
(d) Giovanna Silvestri.

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

5. What does one Elder tell her he will do if Susanna does not take off her robe?
(a) Take it off for her.
(b) Beat her.
(c) Tell the world that she cavorted in her garden with a man who was not her husband, which would mean death for Susanna.
(d) Kill her.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Artemisia hide that she uses to paint alone sometimes?

2. What does Tassi ask Artemisia to do in Part II that thrills her at first?

3. How does Judith's husband die?

4. In which piazza is there an octagonal fountain that Artemisia likes?

5. What kind of money does Artemisia refer to in Part I?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Artemisia describe Orazio's talent and teachings?

2. What does Artemisia tell Tassi about her father that she has never told anyone before?

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

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

5. How does Artemisia make use of the time she is made to perform menial tasks away from her easel?

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

7. What happens to Susanna in her garden that puts her in great peril?

8. How does Artemisia's mother describe the relationship between Susanna and her sister Rebecca?

9. How does Orazio respond to Artemisia's question about how to fix the Virgin Mary's arm in the painting she does in Part I?

10. What does Tassi tell Artemisia he really thinks of her father's work?

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