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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How does Artemisia paint breasts differently from how men paint them?
(a) Artemisia paints breasts to be more uneven than the way men paint them.
(b) Artemisia paints breasts to look as if they have more weight than when men paint them.
(c) Artemisia paints breasts with more color variation than how men paint them.
(d) Artemisia paints breasts with more imperfections than the way men paint them.

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

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

5. What is Tassi supposed to help Artemisia with specifically in her painting?
(a) Color.
(b) Faces.
(c) Perspective.
(d) Pigments.

6. What does one Elder tell her he will do if Susanna does not take off her robe?
(a) Kill her.
(b) Tell the world that she cavorted in her garden with a man who was not her husband, which would mean death for Susanna.
(c) Take it off for her.
(d) Beat her.

7. Why does Artemisia think her father asked Tassi to teach her?
(a) Because he wants Artemisia to see what a really great painter can offer her.
(b) Because he wants to endear himself to Tassi to get a piece of a new commission.
(c) Because he thinks Tassi would be a good suitor to her.
(d) Because he thinks Artemisia needs help with her pigment grinding.

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

9. What kind of oil does Artemisia routinely use in her painting?
(a) Olive.
(b) Corn.
(c) Linseed.
(d) Artichoke.

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

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

12. What does Tassi ask Artemisia to call him?
(a) Argo.
(b) Master.
(c) Senor.
(d) Tino.

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

14. What does Tassi ask Artemisia to do in Part II that thrills her at first?
(a) Run away to Florence with him.
(b) Come to paint in his studio.
(c) Take his assistant's place.
(d) Start her own shop.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How old is Artemisia in Part I?

2. What vegetable does Artemisia most often have to chop for dinner?

3. What does Artemisia tell Tassi that makes him angry in Part II?

4. What does Artemisia think her mother knew about all the men who painted Susanna?

5. What does Artemisia say her father often does more than the work of painting?

(see the answer keys)

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