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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) Massage his back.
(b) Take out the garbage.
(c) Model for him.
(d) Eat dinner with him.

2. What subject is Artemisia doing a secret painting of her own of?
(a) John the Baptist.
(b) David.
(c) Susanna and the Elders.
(d) The Virgin Mary.

3. What does Tuzia make Artemisia do when they go to market?
(a) Never talk to anyone.
(b) Carry the basket.
(c) Pay for all the food.
(d) Walk behind her like she is the servant.

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

5. What tool does Artemisia miss when she can not find it in Part II?
(a) Her best brush.
(b) Her favorite palette knife.
(c) Her pigment grinder.
(d) Her salting set.

6. What was Artemisia's mother's full name?
(a) Maria Belladonna.
(b) Ramona Natali.
(c) Nadia Ramino.
(d) Prudentia Montone.

7. 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 with more color variation than how men paint them.
(c) Artemisia paints breasts with more imperfections than the way men paint them.
(d) Artemisia paints breasts to look as if they have more weight than when men paint them.

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

9. Where is Judith from?
(a) Florence.
(b) Assyria.
(c) Bethulia.
(d) Jerusalem.

10. What does Artemisia's mother tell her the world will tell her NOT to be?
(a) Outraged.
(b) Placid.
(c) Beautiful.
(d) Kind.

11. What does Artemisia tell Tassi he has a terrible habit of doing in the studio?
(a) Spilling the paint.
(b) Bursting in like a thunderclap.
(c) Blocking her best light.
(d) Tracking dirt into the studio.

12. What kind of money does Artemisia refer to in Part I?
(a) Lira.
(b) Euros.
(c) Guilios.
(d) Swroes.

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

14. Who is Susanna's husband?
(a) Marshall.
(b) Heldibron.
(c) Jedicai.
(d) Joaquim.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How old is Artemisia in Part I?

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

4. Artemisia says she can cover the flaws in Orazio's talent but can do nothing for the flaws in what other area?

5. What is Artemisia inspired to do concerning her own body after she and Tassi kiss?

(see the answer keys)

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