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

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

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

4. What does Artemisia say her father often does more than the work of painting?
(a) Eat luxuriously.
(b) Sign his name and take his gold.
(c) Chase women.
(d) Sleep.

5. What does Tassi ask Artemisia to call him?
(a) Senor.
(b) Tino.
(c) Argo.
(d) Master.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Judith give to Abra as they prepare for their journey?

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

3. Who is Judith's husband?

4. What is Artemisia inspired to do concerning her own body after she and Tassi kiss?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Artemisia's mother tell her to do when the world tells her not to be so outraged and to be kind, and to be a lady?

2. How does Artemisia feel about cooking, and what does cooking represent for her?

3. How does Orazio use Artemisia routinely for his work that makes Artemisia feel shame and revulsion?

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

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

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

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

8. How does Artemisia feel when she cannot find her favorite palette knife in Part II?

9. Who does Artemisia use as a model for one of the Elders in her own painting of Susanna?

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

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