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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part II (Pages 62 - 122).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the new commission that Orazio asks Artemisia to model for him in Part II?
(a) Susanna.
(b) Rebecca.
(c) Judith.
(d) The Madonna.

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

3. What makes Orazio angry when Artemisia tells him Tassi is looking into the Quirinal commission?
(a) She giggles when she tells him this information.
(b) She tells him she will not work for him any longer when she tells him this information.
(c) She uses the word "us."
(d) She tells him the payment, which is uncouth.

4. What does Artemisia's mother tell her about the beast?
(a) The beast is always hungry.
(b) You will always hear the beast breathing.
(c) The beast may look like a friend of the family.
(d) You never see the best until he is upon you.

5. What does Susanna do when she senses the Elders watching her in the bath?
(a) Immediately gets out of the bath to go and stab the Elders watching her.
(b) Cries for her servants.
(c) Holds her breath and dips below the surface of the water.
(d) Cries for her husband.

Short Answer Questions

1. What advice does Tassi give Artemisia that she is pleased to hear?

2. What is Tassi supposed to help Artemisia with specifically in her painting?

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

4. Why does Artemisia think her father asked Tassi to teach her?

5. Why does Susanna not call out for her husband when she feels under threat from the Elders in her garden?

(see the answer key)

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