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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Orazio ask Artemisia to do occasionally that makes her very uncomfortable?
(a) Take out the garbage.
(b) Massage his back.
(c) Model for him.
(d) Eat dinner with him.

2. What does Tassi say in Part I that Artemisia thinks of when she hears him coming into her studio in the end of Part II?
(a) Your light will always shine bright, even in dim spaces.
(b) There's a lot you can get away with when no one else is watching.
(c) Waste not, want not.
(d) I will always wait for you.

3. What does Artemisia hide that she uses to paint alone sometimes?
(a) A mirror.
(b) A special pigment grinder.
(c) A special brush.
(d) A palette knife.

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

5. What shocks Artemisia about Tassi's presence in her studio?
(a) He is shorter than she expected.
(b) Her brothers are there with him.
(c) Tuzia has allowed him to come up to the studio unaccompanied to be with Artemisia.
(d) Her father is there with him.

6. What does Abra accuse Judith of dreaming of?
(a) Becoming a goddess.
(b) Becoming a wife.
(c) Becoming a martyr.
(d) Becoming a hero.

7. How did Artemisia's mother Prudentia die?
(a) In a carriage accident.
(b) From cancer.
(c) In childbirth.
(d) From the Plague.

8. What did Artemisia's mother tell her Judith is rather than a nubile nude?
(a) A baker.
(b) A wife.
(c) A mother.
(d) A warrior.

9. Who is Judith's husband?
(a) Joaquim.
(b) Rodana.
(c) Marshall.
(d) Malachi.

10. What does Judith give to Abra as they prepare for their journey?
(a) Her ring.
(b) Her best handkerchief.
(c) Her own cloak.
(d) Her best shoes.

11. What does Tassi say when Artemisia asks if he can secure a commission for Orazio?
(a) He knows the family offering the commission does not like Orazio's work.
(b) He can definitely get a commission for Orazio.
(c) He thought both he and she agreed that Orazio's work was bad.
(d) He knows the Pope does not like Orazio's work.

12. How do all the masters paint the Elders in Susanna's story?
(a) As monsters.
(b) As brothers.
(c) As priests.
(d) As respected gentlemen.

13. What do the Elders command Susanna to do in the garden?
(a) Pick apples.
(b) Invite them into her house.
(c) Get back in the bath.
(d) Take off her robe.

14. Artemisia says she can cover the flaws in Orazio's talent but can do nothing for the flaws in what other area?
(a) His heart.
(b) His perception.
(c) His soul.
(d) His wallet.

15. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Susanna bathe in the story Artemisia's mother tells her?

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

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

4. What part of the Virgin Mary does Artemisia think is not quite right in her own painting?

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

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