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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 does Artemisia think her mother knew about all the men who painted Susanna?
2. What does Artemisia hide that she uses to paint alone sometimes?
3. How does Artemisia paint breasts differently from how men paint them?
4. What do the Elders command Susanna to do in the garden?
5. How did Orazio react to Artemisia's mother's stories?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Artemisia tell Tassi to try to entice him to assign a lucrative new commission to her father?
2. In Part I, who does Orazio, Artemisia's father, not recognize in one of her paintings?
3. Why does Artemisia's father not object to the unusual situation of having a female apprentice?
4. How does Artemisia feel when she cannot find her favorite palette knife in Part II?
5. How does Artemisia's mother begin her story to Artemisia about Susanna?
6. How does Orazio use Artemisia routinely for his work that makes Artemisia feel shame and revulsion?
7. Why does Artemisia think her mother told her the story of Susanna as she matures?
8. How does Artemisia shut out the rest of the world and its distractions and problems?
9. Why does Orazio grow irritated with Artemisia when he quizzes her about materials and methods for painting in Part I?
10. When does Tuzia sometimes suggest taking a carriage to mass?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
How does Artemisia's rape affect her ability to paint? How does Artemisia begin to heal mentally to the point that she can begin to work again? Write an essay explaining your answers.
Essay Topic 2
How does McCullough's choice to write this novel both from (primarily) the first-person point of view and in verse affect the reader's experience of the story? Write an essay explaining your answers.
Essay Topic 3
How would you describe Artemisia's relationship with Tuzia, the family's servant? Why do you think Artemisia and Tuzia have such a cold relationship? Write an essay explaining your answers.
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