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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In which piazza is there an octagonal fountain that Artemisia likes?
(a) Piazza dei Fiori.
(b) Piazza Navona.
(c) Piazza Octavia.
(d) Piazza di Santa Maria.

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

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

4. What vegetable does Artemisia most often have to chop for dinner?
(a) Kale.
(b) Peppers.
(c) Carrots.
(d) Onions.

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

6. What is one thing that irritates Artemisia when she goes to market with Tuzia?
(a) Tuzia makes Artemisia dress in ridiculous clothes.
(b) Tuzia makes Artemisia do all the talking.
(c) Tuzia does not spend enough money.
(d) Tuzia is spending money Artemisia earned, but Artemisia is not even supposed to have any desires.

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

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

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

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

11. What shocks Artemisia about Tassi's presence in her studio?
(a) He is shorter than she expected.
(b) Her brothers are there with him.
(c) Tuzia has allowed him to come up to the studio unaccompanied to be with Artemisia.
(d) Her father is there with him.

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

13. What does Tassi say when Artemisia asks if he can secure a commission for Orazio?
(a) He thought both he and she agreed that Orazio's work was bad.
(b) He can definitely get a commission for Orazio.
(c) He knows the family offering the commission does not like Orazio's work.
(d) He knows the Pope does not like Orazio's work.

14. What does Artemisia tell Tassi she thinks about her father's painting?
(a) He would be a better painter if he drank less.
(b) It is bad.
(c) It is very good.
(d) He used to be a good painter, but he has been terrible since her mother's death.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Artemisia think could be "the answer" to the Holy Child's curls in her portrait in Part I?

2. How did Orazio react to Artemisia's mother's stories?

3. Who is Judith's husband?

4. Why does Susanna not call out for her husband when she feels under threat from the Elders in her garden?

5. How does Judith's husband die?

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