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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 the house deadly quiet without when Artemisia and Orazio return from Tassi's trial?
(a) The birds they kept as pets.
(b) The street performers outside.
(c) The humming of the pigment grinders.
(d) Tuzia's songs.

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?
(a) There's a lot you can get away with when no one else is watching.
(b) I will always wait for you.
(c) Waste not, want not.
(d) Your light will always shine bright, even in dim spaces.

3. Where is Judith from?
(a) Bethulia.
(b) Florence.
(c) Assyria.
(d) Jerusalem.

4. What does Artemisia hide that she uses to paint alone sometimes?
(a) A palette knife.
(b) A mirror.
(c) A special brush.
(d) A special pigment grinder.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do Abra and Judith share a bed after their murder of Holofernes?

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

3. What kind of oil does Artemisia routinely use in her painting?

4. What does Daniel tell Susanna will happen to the Elders?

5. What does Judith's voice tell Artemisia during the trial?

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