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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 is Tassi supposed to help Artemisia with specifically in her painting?
(a) Faces.
(b) Color.
(c) Perspective.
(d) Pigments.

2. What does Tuzia make Artemisia do when they go to market?
(a) Pay for all the food.
(b) Never talk to anyone.
(c) Walk behind her like she is the servant.
(d) Carry the basket.

3. Why does Artemisia think her father asked Tassi to teach her?
(a) Because he thinks Artemisia needs help with her pigment grinding.
(b) Because he thinks Tassi would be a good suitor to her.
(c) Because he wants Artemisia to see what a really great painter can offer her.
(d) Because he wants to endear himself to Tassi to get a piece of a new commission.

4. Who is the teacher Orazio has hired to help Artemisia with her painting?
(a) Agostino Tassi.
(b) Giovanna Silvestri.
(c) Marto Valli.
(d) Silvio Banucci.

5. What does Artemisia tell Tassi she thinks about her father's painting?
(a) It is bad.
(b) It is very good.
(c) He used to be a good painter, but he has been terrible since her mother's death.
(d) He would be a better painter if he drank less.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of money does Artemisia refer to in Part I?

2. Where does Artemisia say everything begins from in Part I?

3. Where is the commission from that Orazio covets that he wants Artemisia to help him secure?

4. What does Artemisia say her father often does more than the work of painting?

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

(see the answer key)

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