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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What is another name for the Virgin Mary?
(a) Mararita.
(b) Madonna.
(c) Rebecca.
(d) Magdalene.

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

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

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

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

8. Where does Artemisia say everything begins from in Part I?
(a) The pigment grinding.
(b) The viewing point.
(c) The park.
(d) The studio.

9. What is the new commission that Orazio asks Artemisia to model for him in Part II?
(a) Judith.
(b) Susanna.
(c) The Madonna.
(d) Rebecca.

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

11. What part of the Virgin Mary does Artemisia think is not quite right in her own painting?
(a) The hair.
(b) The eyes.
(c) The dress.
(d) The arm.

12. Who is the taller Elder who comes to Susanna in her garden?
(a) Her brother-in-law.
(b) Her next-door neighbor.
(c) A widower Rebecca has her sights on.
(d) Her husband's cousin.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does one Elder tell her he will do if Susanna does not take off her robe?

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

3. How do all the masters paint the Elders in Susanna's story?

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

5. What does Artemisia often do to make it easier for her to move around while she paints?

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