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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part V (Pages 236 - 292).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What has Artemisia heard her brother Francesco reciting?
(a) Shakespeare.
(b) Homer.
(c) Roham.
(d) Ovid.

2. What did Artemisia's mother tell her Judith is rather than a nubile nude?
(a) A mother.
(b) A warrior.
(c) A wife.
(d) A baker.

3. What do the men do when Artemisia emerges from the private room with the midwives?
(a) Shout in anger.
(b) Make filthy jokes.
(c) Cry.
(d) Act as if nothing has happened.

4. How does Artemisia feel about her prospects right after she rebuffs Tassi's vulgar overtures?
(a) She is more determined to make her partnership with her father work.
(b) She is more determined to strike out on her own.
(c) She is ruined forever.
(d) He is only back where she started.

5. What does Tassi call Artemisia the first time he comes to see her after he rapes her?
(a) Honey.
(b) Sweetie.
(c) Darling.
(d) Whore.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the one additional sin Artemisia's mother lists for Susanna that Susanna herself does not mention?

2. How does the judge treat Aremisia?

3. In which piazza is there an octagonal fountain that Artemisia likes?

4. How did Artemisia's father ignore propriety with her?

5. How did Orazio react to Artemisia's mother's stories?

(see the answer key)

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