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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. How did Artemisia ruin a canvass when she was five or six years old?
(a) By painting on it without properly preparing it first.
(b) By accidentally placing it too close to the fire.
(c) By tearing it.
(d) By getting dirt from her hands on it.

2. What does Daniel tell Susanna will happen to the Elders?
(a) They will be stabbed.
(b) They will be crucified.
(c) They will be stoned.
(d) They will be fed to the lions.

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

4. What does the slightest shift do to perspective, according to Artemisia?
(a) Ruins the painting.
(b) Informs the shading.
(c) Changes the meaning.
(d) Transforms the subject.

5. How does Artemisia paint breasts differently from how men paint them?
(a) Artemisia paints breasts with more imperfections than the way men paint them.
(b) Artemisia paints breasts to look as if they have more weight than when men paint them.
(c) Artemisia paints breasts with more color variation than how men paint them.
(d) Artemisia paints breasts to be more uneven than the way men paint them.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Artemisia hide when she flees Tassi in her studio?

2. What is Abra's role in the murder of the Assyrian military leader?

3. Why does Daniel believe Susanna over the Elders?

4. How do Artemisia's brothers' attitudes towards her change after hearing her story of her rape to the men who come to the house?

5. What does Judith carry the Assyrian military leader's head in?

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