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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is Artemisia sick with anxiety when she realizes it has been many weeks since she has bled in Part III?
(a) She thinks Artemisia might have drugged her.
(b) She thinks she might be dying.
(c) She thinks she might have cancer.
(d) She thinks she must be pregnant.

2. What does Artemisia's mother tell her Judith had to decide right before she killed the Assyrian military leader?
(a) Whether she wants to be a pawn or a queen.
(b) Whether she wants to wants to suffocate slowly through life or die quickly trying to accomplish something.
(c) Whether she wants to be a wife or a servant.
(d) Whether she wants to be a hero or a victim.

3. Why do Judith and Abra laugh as they wait outside the gates of their city?
(a) Abra tells a funny joke.
(b) They can not believe the absurdity of their own situation.
(c) They think Holofernes's head is funny.
(d) Judith tells a funny joke.

4. How do Artemisia's brothers' attitudes towards her change after hearing her story of her rape to the men who come to the house?
(a) They apologize to her profusely.
(b) They become protective of her.
(c) They become respectful towards her.
(d) They never look her in the eye again.

5. What does Artemisia focus on in her painting of Judith?
(a) The tenderness between her and Abra.
(b) The bread in the basket.
(c) Holofernes's brutality.
(d) The blood.

6. What does Artemisia want to burn because Tassi has touched it?
(a) Her brush.
(b) Her painting stool.
(c) Her easel.
(d) Her palette.

7. What happened to Artemisia the day after her mother died?
(a) She threw up.
(b) She got her period for the first time.
(c) She contracted the Plague.
(d) She broke her leg.

8. What does Tassi say to Artemisia about her work as soon as she rebuffs his overture?
(a) Her faces are laughable.
(b) Her perspective is terribe.
(c) Her shading is extremely poor.
(d) Her colors are drab.

9. How will Judith and Abra signal to those inside the city to open the gate?
(a) By turning their key.
(b) By knocking the secret knock.
(c) By ringing the bell.
(d) By whistling.

10. What is Tassi's reply to Artemisia when she tells him they are done here?
(a) He can get away with anything when no one is watching.
(b) They will be done when he says they are done.
(c) They are done painting.
(d) She better watch her tongue because he is the one in control.

11. What does Prudentia tell Artemisia about who saved Susanna's life?
(a) It was Joaquim.
(b) It was actually the Elders to save Susanna's life.
(c) It was Rebecca.
(d) Others say it was Daniel but Susanna used her own voice to save her life.

12. What is the first thing Artemisia says to Tassi the day he comes to her studio and rapes her?
(a) My father banished you from this house.
(b) I will join you only if you respect me.
(c) Get out.
(d) I told you not to come back.

13. What does Rebecca tell the crowd assembled to stone her sister Susanna?
(a) She will exact revenge on the village from the afterlife.
(b) She is raving and terrified, but she is righteous.
(c) Her only sin is not loving her sister enough.
(d) She is guilty of what she is accused of.

14. How did Artemisia's father ignore propriety with her?
(a) By making her cook.
(b) By sending her to school to learn to read.
(c) By teaching her how to do accounting.
(d) By teaching her how to paint.

15. What does Tassi laugh about and tell Artemisia he thinks she thinks about him in Part III?
(a) That he is arrogant.
(b) That he is frugal.
(c) That he is funny.
(d) That he is mean.

Short Answer Questions

1. What color does Tassi routinely use to describe Artemisia?

2. What does Tuzia ask Artemisia about Tassi in Part III?

3. What is one task Artemisia begins to do for her father in the studio following her mother's death?

4. Who is Artemisia's smallest brother?

5. What does Giulio tell the men who come to interview Artemisia about his sister?

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