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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Artemisia's father?
(a) Marco Rania.
(b) Silvio Berlucci.
(c) Orazio Gentileschi.
(d) Tino Tassi.

2. Who does Artemisia model one of the terrible Elders in her painting of Susanna after?
(a) Tuzia.
(b) Her father.
(c) Tassi.
(d) Giovanni.

3. Who is Judith's husband?
(a) Marshall.
(b) Rodana.
(c) Joaquim.
(d) Malachi.

4. Why does Artemisia think her father asked Tassi to teach her?
(a) Because he thinks Tassi would be a good suitor to her.
(b) Because he wants to endear himself to Tassi to get a piece of a new commission.
(c) Because he wants Artemisia to see what a really great painter can offer her.
(d) Because he thinks Artemisia needs help with her pigment grinding.

5. How does Judith's husband die?
(a) He gets a fever and dies.
(b) His brother kills him.
(c) He is killed in a carriage accident.
(d) He goes off to fight the Assyrians and never returns.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Artemisia's mother's full name?

2. What does Tassi say in Part I that Artemisia thinks of when she hears him coming into her studio in the end of Part II?

3. Where is Judith from?

4. Where does Artemisia say everything begins from in Part I?

5. How does Tassi get Tuzia to agree to let him ride in the carriage with her and Artemisia?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Artemisia's mother describe the relationship between Susanna and her sister Rebecca?

2. What does Artemisia tell Tassi to try to entice him to assign a lucrative new commission to her father?

3. Why does Orazio grow irritated with Artemisia when he quizzes her about materials and methods for painting in Part I?

4. What does Artemisia tell Tassi about her father that she has never told anyone before?

5. What does Tassi tell Artemisia he really thinks of her father's work?

6. Why does Artemisia's father not object to the unusual situation of having a female apprentice?

7. How does Artemisia remember her mother who has passed away?

8. How does Artemisia describe Orazio's talent and teachings?

9. What does Artemisia's mother tell her to do when the world tells her not to be so outraged and to be kind, and to be a lady?

10. How does Artemisia make use of the time she is made to perform menial tasks away from her easel?

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