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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Tassi call Artemisia the first time he comes to see her after he rapes her?
(a) Whore.
(b) Honey.
(c) Darling.
(d) Sweetie.

2. What liquids does Artemisia mix for her paintings in Part III?
(a) Oil and water.
(b) Chalk and glue.
(c) Oil and chalk.
(d) Oil and glue.

3. How does Artemisia think to herself that she might survive Tassi's assault on her?
(a) By thinking of her mother's song in her head.
(b) By keeping her focus on one constant bit of suffering.
(c) By remembering Judith.
(d) By remembering her best friend's suffering.

4. What does Tassi tell Artemisia he would do with her if she shared his studio?
(a) Send her to school.
(b) Have her work as his maid.
(c) Make better use of her as a live model than her father did.
(d) Marry her.

5. What does Daniel's intervention in her case feel like at first for Susanna?
(a) Justice.
(b) Revenge.
(c) Prolonged agony.
(d) Showmanship.

6. Where does Artemisia hide when she flees Tassi in her studio?
(a) The outhouse.
(b) The pantry.
(c) The closet.
(d) Her brother's room.

7. What color does Tassi routinely use to describe Artemisia?
(a) Vermillion.
(b) Magenta.
(c) Cerulean.
(d) Ochre.

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

9. What is the first thing Artemisia says to Tassi the second time he comes to her studio after her rape?
(a) You are a monster.
(b) Liar.
(c) Leave. Now.
(d) I will knife you.

10. How did Artemisia ruin a canvass when she was five or six years old?
(a) By painting on it without properly preparing it first.
(b) By tearing it.
(c) By accidentally placing it too close to the fire.
(d) By getting dirt from her hands on it.

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

12. What does Tuzia ask Artemisia about Tassi in Part III?
(a) Why Artemisia has not yet proposed marriage to him.
(b) Why he has not come to visit lately.
(c) Why Artemisia has not baked a cake for him yet.
(d) Why Artemisia has not gone to the market with him.

13. Who is the Assyrian military leader Judith ingratiates herself to?
(a) Radicula.
(b) Molocha.
(c) Holofernes.
(d) Attila.

14. What does Daniel tell Susanna is his impression of her?
(a) She is either brave or mad.
(b) She is a whore.
(c) She is a warrior.
(d) She is disingenuous.

15. What is Abra's role in the murder of the Assyrian military leader?
(a) Sitting on his chest to immobolize him.
(b) Hiding his sword.
(c) Cutting his hair.
(d) Drugging him.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Artemisia think the men who come to interview her about the rape ask her to repeat her story?

2. What does Artemisia spend more time painting in her work than faces?

3. Why does Judith pause outside of her city's gates?

4. What does Orazio tell Artemisia will happen if she pursues charges against Tassi?

5. Who does Artemisia remember as having saved Susanna?

(see the answer keys)

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