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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What is Artemisia inspired to do concerning her own body after she and Tassi kiss?
2. What do the Elders command Susanna to do in the garden?
3. What does Abra accuse Judith of dreaming of?
4. Who is Susanna's husband?
5. Where is the commission from that Orazio covets that he wants Artemisia to help him secure?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does Artemisia feel when she cannot find her favorite palette knife in Part II?
2. 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?
3. 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?
4. How does Artemisia describe Orazio's talent and teachings?
5. Why does Tuzia agree to let Tassi ride in the carriage to mass with herself and Artemisia?
6. What happens to Susanna in her garden that puts her in great peril?
7. Who does Artemisia use as a model for one of the Elders in her own painting of Susanna?
8. How does Artemisia make use of the time she is made to perform menial tasks away from her easel?
9. How does Artemisia remember her mother who has passed away?
10. How does Artemisia shut out the rest of the world and its distractions and problems?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Several times, Artemisia's mother mentions that she wishes for a sister for Artemisia, but the only set of sisters in the novel - Susanna and Rebecca - have a tumultuous and fraught relationship. Write an essay exploring McCullough's representation of sister relationships, citing specific references to the text to help support your answers.
Essay Topic 2
Write an essay discussing the paradox in the fact that Artemisia's salvation and ticket to being able to continue working as an artist at the end of the book comes to her through a marriage proposal.
Essay Topic 3
How does Artemisia's opinion of the power and value of her own work evolve over the course of the novel? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.
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