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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 is Artemisia inspired to do concerning her own body after she and Tassi kiss?
(a) Explore her body for reasons of sexual pleasure.
(b) Try to lose weight.
(c) Try to gain weight.
(d) Dress more flamboyantly.

2. Why does Artemisia think her father asked Tassi to teach her?
(a) Because he thinks Tassi would be a good suitor to her.
(b) Because he thinks Artemisia needs help with her pigment grinding.
(c) Because he wants to endear himself to Tassi to get a piece of a new commission.
(d) Because he wants Artemisia to see what a really great painter can offer her.

3. What does Judith give to Abra as they prepare for their journey?
(a) Her best handkerchief.
(b) Her own cloak.
(c) Her best shoes.
(d) Her ring.

4. Why does Susanna not call out for her husband when she feels under threat from the Elders in her garden?
(a) Her husband is having an affair with the maid in the house.
(b) Her husband is dead.
(c) Her husband is deaf.
(d) Her husband is away.

5. What does Artemisia think could be "the answer" to the Holy Child's curls in her portrait in Part I?
(a) Gold.
(b) A different type of lighting in the studio.
(c) Glitter.
(d) More linseed oil.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Artemisia say her father often does more than the work of painting?

3. What does one Elder say to the other as they leave Susanna's garden?

4. What does Artemisia's mother tell her the world will tell her NOT to be?

5. How does Artemisia make the best of being forced to do menial tasks away from her painting studio?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What does Artemisia wonder about when her family's servant Tuzia implores her to carry the baskets through the market because her arms are younger and stronger?

4. How does Artemisia's mother describe the relationship between Susanna and her sister Rebecca?

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

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

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

8. Why does Artemisia think her mother told her the story of Susanna as she matures?

9. How does Artemisia remember her mother who has passed away?

10. What does Artemisia know incites her father when he starts ranting about the supposedly poor quality of her own painting in Part I?

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