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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 subject is Artemisia doing a secret painting of her own of?
(a) John the Baptist.
(b) David.
(c) Susanna and the Elders.
(d) The Virgin Mary.

2. 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.

3. Where is Judith from?
(a) Assyria.
(b) Bethulia.
(c) Jerusalem.
(d) Florence.

4. How do all the masters paint the Elders in Susanna's story?
(a) As brothers.
(b) As monsters.
(c) As priests.
(d) As respected gentlemen.

5. How does Tassi get Tuzia to agree to let him ride in the carriage with her and Artemisia?
(a) He drugs her.
(b) He charms and flatters her.
(c) He pays her.
(d) He gets her drunk.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Artemisia make the best of being forced to do menial tasks away from her painting studio?

2. What question does Tassi ask Artemisia repeatedly in Part II?

3. What does Artemisia's mother tell her about the beast?

4. What tool does Artemisia miss when she can not find it in Part II?

5. What does Artemisia think her mother knew about all the men who painted Susanna?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Artemisia tell Tassi to try to entice him to assign a lucrative new commission to her father?

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

4. What has broken Judith's heart at the beginning of Artemisia's mother's story about Judith?

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

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

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

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

9. When does Tuzia sometimes suggest taking a carriage to mass?

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

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