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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 one additional sin Artemisia's mother lists for Susanna that Susanna herself does not mention?
(a) She has desires.
(b) She longs for better.
(c) She is a woman.
(d) She is brave.

2. What does Judith's voice tell Artemisia as she struggles to hold a brush after her hands are broken?
(a) She will never paint again.
(b) Her brothers will help her paint again.
(c) She will paint again.
(d) Her father will help her paint again.

3. What kind of oil does Artemisia routinely use in her painting?
(a) Artichoke.
(b) Corn.
(c) Linseed.
(d) Olive.

4. What does Daniel's intervention in her case feel like at first for Susanna?
(a) Revenge.
(b) Prolonged agony.
(c) Showmanship.
(d) Justice.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why does Daniel believe Susanna over the Elders?

3. Why is Artemisia sick with anxiety when she realizes it has been many weeks since she has bled in Part III?

4. Who is the teacher Orazio has hired to help Artemisia with her painting?

5. What does Artemisia eventually begin to resent Tuzia and her brothers for?

(see the answer key)

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