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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 liquids does Artemisia mix for her paintings in Part III?
2. What does Judith say to the Assyrian military leader that prompts him to tell her it will be a shame to kill her?
3. What is the word on the street about Orazio's Susanna painting?
4. What does Giulio tell the men who come to interview Artemisia about his sister?
5. How did Artemisia ruin a canvass when she was five or six years old?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Artemisia say to Orazio that seems to make him agree to bring charges against Tassi?
2. Why does Daniel rule in favor of Susanna and against the Elders?
3. What shocks Artemisia in the immediate aftermath of Tassi's crime against her?
4. How does Tassi act when he sees Artemisia for the first time after his assault on her?
5. How and when did Artemisia become her father's apprentice?
6. What does Artemisia focus on in her own painting of Judith that she has not seen other renditions of this painting bring to the fore?
7. What does Artemisia spend so much more time on when she paints than faces?
8. What does Susanna say for herself at her stoning?
9. What does Artemisia do to escape from Tassi when he comes to see her in her studio the first time following the assault?
10. What does Tassi propose to Artemisia in Part III that she is hopeful about?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Why do you think Artemisia's mother chose the stories particularly of Susanna and Judith to tell to Artemisia when she was a young girl? Write an essay explaining your answers.
Essay Topic 2
What does McCullough use onions to symbolize throughout the novel, and how does Artemisia feel about what the onions symbolize to her? Write an essay explaining your answers.
Essay Topic 3
How does Artemisia handle, and eventually seem to triumph over, the horrific injuries to her hands from her ordeal at the trial of her rapist? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.
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