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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Artemisia model one of the terrible Elders in her painting of Susanna after?
(a) Giovanni.
(b) Tuzia.
(c) Her father.
(d) Tassi.

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

3. What does Artemisia tell Tassi that makes him angry in Part II?
(a) That her brothers abuse her routinely.
(b) That Tuzia makes her cook all the time.
(c) That her father steals all her money.
(d) That her father makes her pose nude sometimes.

4. What does Tassi say to Artemisia just before she goes into mass in Part II?
(a) She should paint in her mind.
(b) She should pray hard.
(c) She should skip mass and go with him to the cafe.
(d) Now she will have something to confess.

5. What does Artemisia think could be "the answer" to the Holy Child's curls in her portrait in Part I?
(a) A different type of lighting in the studio.
(b) More linseed oil.
(c) Gold.
(d) Glitter.

6. What does Tuzia tell Artemisia about how she dresses?
(a) Just because she is doing a man's work does not mean she has to look like a man.
(b) No clothes could make Artemisia a beauty like her mother was.
(c) She needs to spend more money on clothes.
(d) She looks best in her white dresses.

7. Where is the commission from that Orazio covets that he wants Artemisia to help him secure?
(a) The palace.
(b) The Banucci family's house.
(c) The Vatican.
(d) The fancy restaurant on their street.

8. Why does Artemisia feel she can paint her own Susanna after having a few lessons with Tassi?
(a) Tassi has taught her perspective in a way she did not understand before.
(b) Tassi has told her he will pay her for this painting.
(c) Tassi has shown her how to grind the pigments correctly.
(d) Tassi has given her the confidence she needed to paint her own work.

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

10. What do Artemisia's brothers have that she envies?
(a) Money.
(b) Girlfriends.
(c) Talent.
(d) Freedom.

11. Who is Susanna's elder sister?
(a) Rebecca.
(b) Prudentia.
(c) Judith.
(d) Rachel.

12. What does Artemisia say her father often does more than the work of painting?
(a) Eat luxuriously.
(b) Chase women.
(c) Sign his name and take his gold.
(d) Sleep.

13. Where does Susanna bathe in the story Artemisia's mother tells her?
(a) The public baths in Florence.
(b) Her bathroom in her house.
(c) The bathroom of a hotel.
(d) Her garden.

14. How old was Artemisia when her mother died?
(a) 12.
(b) 8.
(c) 17.
(d) 15.

15. What is the only thing about preparing dinner that Artemisia likes?
(a) Wielding the blade.
(b) Tasting the meat.
(c) Smelling the onions.
(d) Talking with Tuzia.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Judith from?

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

3. What question does Tassi ask Artemisia repeatedly in Part II?

4. What was Artemisia's mother's full name?

5. What does Tassi say when Artemisia asks if he can secure a commission for Orazio?

(see the answer keys)

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