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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 Artemisia tell Tassi that makes him angry in Part II?
(a) That her father makes her pose nude sometimes.
(b) That her father steals all her money.
(c) That Tuzia makes her cook all the time.
(d) That her brothers abuse her routinely.

2. Who is Susanna's husband?
(a) Marshall.
(b) Jedicai.
(c) Heldibron.
(d) Joaquim.

3. What question does Tassi ask Artemisia repeatedly in Part II?
(a) Why does she not use brighter colors?
(b) Why does she not get her own studio?
(c) Why is she so blue?
(d) Why does she not talk to her mother more often?

4. Who is the servant in Artemisia's family?
(a) Lia.
(b) Bella.
(c) Tuzia.
(d) Margarita.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Artemisia's brothers have that she envies?

2. What does Tassi say in Part I that Artemisia thinks of when she hears him coming into her studio in the end of Part II?

3. What kind of money does Artemisia refer to in Part I?

4. What makes Orazio angry when Artemisia tells him Tassi is looking into the Quirinal commission?

5. Why does Artemisia feel she can paint her own Susanna after having a few lessons with Tassi?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Artemisia shut out the rest of the world and its distractions and problems?

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

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

4. What did Artemisia's mother most wish for for her in relation to the last baby she ever had?

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

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

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

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

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

10. What does Tassi tell Artemisia he really thinks of her father's work?

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