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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part IV (183 - 235).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the first thing Artemisia says to Tassi the second time he comes to her studio after her rape?
(a) Leave. Now.
(b) Liar.
(c) You are a monster.
(d) I will knife you.

2. What does Artemisia tell her father about Tassi that stops Orazio in his tracks in Part IV?
(a) Tassi has robbed a bank.
(b) Tassi had someone murdered.
(c) Tassi does not paint his own work.
(d) Tassi raped her.

3. What does Orazio tell Artemisia that Tassi is already doing to discredit her?
(a) Preparing to leave the country.
(b) Drawing rude pictures of her.
(c) Sowing his seeds, meaning spreading rumors about her.
(d) Paying people to speak against her.

4. What does Tassi tell Artemisia he would do with her if she shared his studio?
(a) Have her work as his maid.
(b) Send her to school.
(c) Make better use of her as a live model than her father did.
(d) Marry her.

5. What does Artemisia eventually begin to resent Tuzia and her brothers for?
(a) She thinks they are all spreading rumors about her.
(b) She thinks they may have heard her being raped and not have come to help her.
(c) She thinks they are happy to see her suffering.
(d) She thinks they are making fun of her for her illiteracy.

Short Answer Questions

1. What liquids does Artemisia mix for her paintings in Part III?

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

3. Who is Artemisia's smallest brother?

4. What does Tassi do to Artemisia's beloved painting of Susanna?

5. Who does Artemisia model one of the terrible Elders in her painting of Susanna after?

(see the answer key)

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