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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 is one thing that irritates Artemisia when she goes to market with Tuzia?
(a) Tuzia is spending money Artemisia earned, but Artemisia is not even supposed to have any desires.
(b) Tuzia makes Artemisia dress in ridiculous clothes.
(c) Tuzia makes Artemisia do all the talking.
(d) Tuzia does not spend enough money.

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

3. 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 ruined forever.
(c) She is more determined to strike out on her own.
(d) He is only back where she started.

4. Who is the Assyrian military leader Judith ingratiates herself to?
(a) Holofernes.
(b) Attila.
(c) Radicula.
(d) Molocha.

5. Why does Artemisia feel she can paint her own Susanna after having a few lessons with Tassi?
(a) Tassi has given her the confidence she needed to paint her own work.
(b) Tassi has told her he will pay her for this painting.
(c) Tassi has shown her how to grind the pigments correctly.
(d) Tassi has taught her perspective in a way she did not understand before.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the first thing Artemisia says to Tassi the day he comes to her studio and rapes her?

2. How does the judge treat Tassi?

3. What does Orazio say about how Tassi can help their family?

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

5. Why is the evidence of letters Artemisia supposedly wrote especially absurd?

(see the answer key)

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