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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part IV (183 - 235).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Artemisia think her mother knew about all the men who painted Susanna?
(a) They knew how monstrous men could be.
(b) They always rushed their painting and their painting was terrible for that.
(c) They never got the shading of the garden right.
(d) They could not understand a woman's feelings in a moment like the one Susanna experienced.

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

3. What does Artemisia eventually begin to resent Tuzia and her brothers for?
(a) She thinks they may have heard her being raped and not have come to help her.
(b) She thinks they are all spreading rumors about her.
(c) She thinks they are happy to see her suffering.
(d) She thinks they are making fun of her for her illiteracy.

4. Why does Orazio grow angry with Artemisia while he quizzes her on her painting techniques and materials?
(a) Because she forgets how to describe grinding pigments.
(b) Because she makes many errors when talking about brushstrokes.
(c) Because she does not identify the linseed oil correctly.
(d) Because she gets everything right, and he likes to be able to berate her for errors.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Artemisia model one of the terrible Elders in her painting of Susanna after?

2. What does Tassi say as he leaves Artemisia's house for the first time after he appears there following his rape of her?

3. What secret does Artemisia tell Tassi in Part II?

4. Who is Susanna's elder sister?

5. What does Artemisia often do to make it easier for her to move around while she paints?

(see the answer key)

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