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

2. How does Artemisia make the best of being forced to do menial tasks away from her painting studio?
(a) She daydreams ideas for paintings during the tasks.
(b) She makes money from the menial tasks so she can run away on her own.
(c) She meets friends during the tasks who boost her spirits.
(d) She observes the world to use what she sees in her paintings.

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

4. Who is Artemisia's father?
(a) Tino Tassi.
(b) Silvio Berlucci.
(c) Marco Rania.
(d) Orazio Gentileschi.

5. What rank task does Orazio make Artemisia do in Part II?
(a) Boil the glue.
(b) Empty the chamber pots.
(c) Clean his shoes.
(d) Take out the garbage.

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. What does Orazio ask Artemisia to do occasionally that makes her very uncomfortable?

3. What does Tuzia tell Artemisia about how she dresses?

4. How old is Artemisia in Part I?

5. What shocks Artemisia about Tassi's presence in her studio?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Why does Tuzia agree to let Tassi ride in the carriage to mass with herself and Artemisia?

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

5. How does Orazio use Artemisia routinely for his work that makes Artemisia feel shame and revulsion?

6. How does Artemisia describe Orazio's talent and teachings?

7. In Part I, who does Orazio, Artemisia's father, not recognize in one of her paintings?

8. When does Tuzia sometimes suggest taking a carriage to mass?

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

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

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