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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. What question does Tassi ask Artemisia repeatedly in Part II?
(a) Why does she not use brighter colors?
(b) Why does she not get her own studio?
(c) Why is she so blue?
(d) Why does she not talk to her mother more often?

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

6. Who is the teacher Orazio has hired to help Artemisia with her painting?
(a) Giovanna Silvestri.
(b) Marto Valli.
(c) Silvio Banucci.
(d) Agostino Tassi.

7. What is Artemisia inspired to do concerning her own body after she and Tassi kiss?
(a) Try to lose weight.
(b) Explore her body for reasons of sexual pleasure.
(c) Try to gain weight.
(d) Dress more flamboyantly.

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

9. Who is the servant in Artemisia's family?
(a) Lia.
(b) Tuzia.
(c) Bella.
(d) Margarita.

10. How did Orazio react to Artemisia's mother's stories?
(a) He loved her stories.
(b) He claimed her stories as his own.
(c) He never listened.
(d) He used to love her stories, but he forbade stories to be told in the house after her death.

11. What does Artemisia's mother tell her about the beast?
(a) The beast is always hungry.
(b) You never see the best until he is upon you.
(c) The beast may look like a friend of the family.
(d) You will always hear the beast breathing.

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

13. What does one Elder say to the other as they leave Susanna's garden?
(a) They will kill her sister as well as her.
(b) They will write to her husband immediately to tell him of Susanna's treachery.
(c) They will send the priest to her house that night.
(d) There will be more satisfaction in watching her die.

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 wallet.
(c) His perception.
(d) His soul.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What shocks Artemisia about Tassi's presence in her studio?

2. What is one thing that irritates Artemisia when she goes to market with Tuzia?

3. What does Abra accuse Judith of dreaming of?

4. Who is Artemisia's father?

5. Who is Judith's servant?

(see the answer keys)

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