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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part I (Pages 1 - 61).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Artemisia say her father often does more than the work of painting?
(a) Sign his name and take his gold.
(b) Sleep.
(c) Chase women.
(d) Eat luxuriously.

2. What part of the Virgin Mary does Artemisia think is not quite right in her own painting?
(a) The eyes.
(b) The dress.
(c) The arm.
(d) The hair.

3. What subject is Artemisia doing a secret painting of her own of?
(a) Susanna and the Elders.
(b) David.
(c) John the Baptist.
(d) The Virgin Mary.

4. What does Artemisia realize women's beauty seems to be for in men's eyes?
(a) Consumption.
(b) Pennance.
(c) Destruction.
(d) Revelry.

5. Where does Susanna bathe in the story Artemisia's mother tells her?
(a) The public baths in Florence.
(b) The bathroom of a hotel.
(c) Her garden.
(d) Her bathroom in her house.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What do Artemisia's brothers have that she envies?

4. Why does Orazio grow angry with Artemisia while he quizzes her on her painting techniques and materials?

5. How old is Artemisia in Part I?

(see the answer key)

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