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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old is Artemisia in Part I?
(a) 20.
(b) 17.
(c) 14.
(d) 12.

2. What does Abra accuse Judith of dreaming of?
(a) Becoming a martyr.
(b) Becoming a goddess.
(c) Becoming a hero.
(d) Becoming a wife.

3. What is Tassi supposed to help Artemisia with specifically in her painting?
(a) Pigments.
(b) Color.
(c) Faces.
(d) Perspective.

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

5. Who does Artemisia model one of the terrible Elders in her painting of Susanna after?
(a) Giovanni.
(b) Tuzia.
(c) Her father.
(d) Tassi.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What secret does Artemisia tell Tassi in Part II?

4. What does Artemisia hide that she uses to paint alone sometimes?

5. What is the only thing about preparing dinner that Artemisia likes?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Artemisia do when she needs a female model for her paintings?

2. Why does Orazio grow irritated with Artemisia when he quizzes her about materials and methods for painting in Part I?

3. How does Orazio respond to Artemisia's question about how to fix the Virgin Mary's arm in the painting she does in Part I?

4. Why does Artemisia's father not object to the unusual situation of having a female apprentice?

5. How does Artemisia's mother begin her story to Artemisia about Susanna?

6. What does Artemisia tell Tassi to try to entice him to assign a lucrative new commission to her father?

7. What does Artemisia tell Tassi about her father that she has never told anyone before?

8. How does Orazio react when Artemisia lets it slip that she told Tassi she helps with the paintings?

9. What has broken Judith's heart at the beginning of Artemisia's mother's story about Judith?

10. Who does Artemisia use as a model for one of the Elders in her own painting of Susanna?

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