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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 rank task does Orazio make Artemisia do in Part II?
(a) Empty the chamber pots.
(b) Boil the glue.
(c) Clean his shoes.
(d) Take out the garbage.

2. What advice does Tassi give Artemisia that she is pleased to hear?
(a) To go to the council of elders and report her father's abuse.
(b) To trust her heart in her painting.
(c) To strike out on her own and get her own studio.
(d) To try to appeal to Tuzia to take her out of the house more.

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

4. What does the judge tell Artemisia he will subject her to if she continues to insist on her accusations?
(a) Tests of her integrity.
(b) An augur from a fortune-teller.
(c) A test of her historical knowledge.
(d) Written tests of her intelligence.

5. What does the defense for Tassi display as "evidence" against Artemisia that is totally fabricated?
(a) Jewelry she supposedly wears when she seduces men.
(b) Letters they say she wrote to countless men declaring her love for them.
(c) Paintings of nude men she supposedly made.
(d) Handkerchiefs she gave to men as tokens of her love.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who helps Artemisia change her bandages?

2. What is one particularly gruesome and humiliating false accusation Tassi's defense makes against Artemisia and Orazio?

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

4. What does Artemisia want to burn because Tassi has touched it?

5. What does one Elder say to the other as they leave Susanna's garden?

(see the answer key)

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