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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part II (Pages 62 - 122).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Orazio react to Artemisia's mother's stories?
(a) He claimed her stories as his own.
(b) He used to love her stories, but he forbade stories to be told in the house after her death.
(c) He loved her stories.
(d) He never listened.

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. What does Artemisia think her mother knew about all the men who painted Susanna?
(a) They knew how monstrous men could be.
(b) They never got the shading of the garden right.
(c) They always rushed their painting and their painting was terrible for that.
(d) They could not understand a woman's feelings in a moment like the one Susanna experienced.

4. What does Artemisia think could be "the answer" to the Holy Child's curls in her portrait in Part I?
(a) More linseed oil.
(b) A different type of lighting in the studio.
(c) Gold.
(d) Glitter.

5. What shocks Artemisia about Tassi's presence in her studio?
(a) He is shorter than she expected.
(b) Her brothers are there with him.
(c) Tuzia has allowed him to come up to the studio unaccompanied to be with Artemisia.
(d) Her father is there with him.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the new commission that Orazio asks Artemisia to model for him in Part II?

2. What does one Elder tell her he will do if Susanna does not take off her robe?

3. What vegetable does Artemisia most often have to chop for dinner?

4. What does one Elder say to the other as they leave Susanna's garden?

5. Who is the servant in Artemisia's family?

(see the answer key)

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