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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Orazio send Tuzia away?
(a) He tells Artemisia she was spreading rumors about her.
(b) He tells Artemisia she was too expensive.
(c) He tells Artemisia she was paid to look the other way.
(d) He tells Artemisia she is spying for Tassi.

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

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

4. What does Tassi tell Artemisia she was long before he touched her?
(a) A good girl.
(b) A woman.
(c) A child.
(d) Damaged goods.

5. What is the word on the street about Orazio's Susanna painting?
(a) That Orazio could never have painted it because he is not skilled enough.
(b) That Tassi painted it.
(c) That Artemisia did not paint it because a girl of her age could never accomplish such a thing.
(d) That one of Artemisia's brothers must have painted it.

6. What does Artemisia tell her father about Tassi that stops Orazio in his tracks in Part IV?
(a) Tassi had someone murdered.
(b) Tassi raped her.
(c) Tassi does not paint his own work.
(d) Tassi has robbed a bank.

7. What does Artemisia tell Tassi he has damaged of her father's?
(a) His easel.
(b) His reputation.
(c) His heart.
(d) His property.

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

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

10. Who is Artemisia's smallest brother?
(a) Francesco.
(b) Giulio.
(c) Roberto.
(d) Freddo.

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

12. Who does Artemisia remember as having saved Susanna?
(a) Holofernes.
(b) Joaquim.
(c) Malachi.
(d) Daniel.

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

14. What does Tassi say as he leaves Artemisia's house for the first time after he appears there following his rape of her?
(a) Artemisia is touched in the head.
(b) Artemisia is insolent and prone to flights of fancy.
(c) Artemisia has attacked him.
(d) Artemisia has lost the ability to speak.

15. What does Judith say to the Assyrian military leader that prompts him to tell her it will be a shame to kill her?
(a) She has been posing as a male solder in his army.
(b) She is his sister.
(c) She is a woman of the Hebrews.
(d) She is a widow.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Tassi tell Artemisia he would do with her if she shared his studio?

2. How do Artemisia's brothers' attitudes towards her change after hearing her story of her rape to the men who come to the house?

3. How does Artemisia feel about her prospects right after she rebuffs Tassi's vulgar overtures?

4. What one thing does Artemisia's mother ask her to remember about Judith's story, if nothing else?

5. Why does Judith decide she has to take the head of the Assyrian military leader back to the village?

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