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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's mother tell her Judith had to decide right before she killed the Assyrian military leader?

2. Why does Artemisia think the men who come to interview her about the rape ask her to repeat her story?

3. How did Artemisia ruin a canvass when she was five or six years old?

4. What one thing does Artemisia's mother ask her to remember about Judith's story, if nothing else?

5. What is the one time Tuzia does not do Artemisia's washing?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Artemisia say to Orazio that seems to make him agree to bring charges against Tassi?

2. What does Tassi say to Artemisia immediately after she rebuffs his sexual overtures in Part III?

3. How does Judith ingratiate herself with the captain of the Assyrian army, Holofernes?

4. How does Tassi act when he sees Artemisia for the first time after his assault on her?

5. What does Tassi do in a rage the first time he comes back to see Artemisia after she rebuffs his sexual advances?

6. Who does Artemisia envision helping her after her rape in Part IV?

7. How does Rebecca act when Susanna is just about to be stoned?

8. What does Tassi say that immediately turns Artemisia off from him in Part III?

9. Why does Artemisia need Orazio to bring charges against Tassi?

10. What does Tassi do to Artemisia in Part III that haunts Artemisia forever afterwards?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

What is the price Judith and Abra pay for the act of saving their people from near certain death and destruction? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

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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