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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. Why does Orazio send Tuzia away?
(a) He tells Artemisia she was too expensive.
(b) He tells Artemisia she is spying for Tassi.
(c) He tells Artemisia she was spreading rumors about her.
(d) He tells Artemisia she was paid to look the other way.

2. What was the first thing Orazio asked Artemisia to do for him in the studio after her mother died?
(a) Fetch a palette knife.
(b) Stretch the canvass.
(c) Boil the glue.
(d) Write a letter.

3. What does Tassi laugh about and tell Artemisia he thinks she thinks about him in Part III?
(a) That he is mean.
(b) That he is frugal.
(c) That he is arrogant.
(d) That he is funny.

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

5. What does the family friend tell Artemisia and Orazio about Tassi's past?
(a) His wife left him, and he may have tried to have her murdered.
(b) He stole from the Medici family.
(c) He killed his own mother.
(d) He stole from the Pope.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the taller Elder who comes to Susanna in her garden?

2. What did Artemisia think about how other women might treat her before her experiences with the midwives, when she realized she was wrong?

3. What do the men do when Artemisia emerges from the private room with the midwives?

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

5. How old was Artemisia when her mother died?

(see the answer key)

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