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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 Tassi's reply to Artemisia when she tells him they are done here?

2. What does Daniel tell Susanna when she first enters his chamber?

3. What does Tassi say about Artemisia's own Susanna painting the first time he comes to her studio after she rebuffs his advances?

4. What color does Tassi routinely use to describe Artemisia?

5. What does Tassi call Artemisia the first time he comes to see her after he rapes her?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Artemisia spend so much more time on when she paints than faces?

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

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

5. What does Judith tell Artemisia about why she should ask her father to bring charges against Tassi?

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

7. What shocks Artemisia in the immediate aftermath of Tassi's crime against her?

8. What is Abra's role in Judith's plan with Holofernes?

9. What does Susanna say for herself at her stoning?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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.

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 do Artemisia's experiences as a woman and eventually as a survivor of sexual assault affect her work as a painter and infuse it with qualities that men's artistry of her time seems to lack? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

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