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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 the first thing Artemisia says to Tassi the second time he comes to her studio after her rape?
(a) Leave. Now.
(b) Liar.
(c) You are a monster.
(d) I will knife you.

2. What does Prudentia tell Artemisia about who saved Susanna's life?
(a) It was actually the Elders to save Susanna's life.
(b) It was Joaquim.
(c) It was Rebecca.
(d) Others say it was Daniel but Susanna used her own voice to save her life.

3. How did Artemisia ruin a canvass when she was five or six years old?
(a) By tearing it.
(b) By painting on it without properly preparing it first.
(c) By getting dirt from her hands on it.
(d) By accidentally placing it too close to the fire.

4. What does Tassi laugh about and tell Artemisia he thinks she thinks about him in Part III?
(a) That he is frugal.
(b) That he is arrogant.
(c) That he is mean.
(d) That he is funny.

5. What does Tassi say to Artemisia about her work as soon as she rebuffs his overture?
(a) Her perspective is terribe.
(b) Her shading is extremely poor.
(c) Her faces are laughable.
(d) Her colors are drab.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Tassi tell Artemisia she was long before he touched her?

2. How will Judith and Abra signal to those inside the city to open the gate?

3. What does Judith's voice remind Artemisia the second time Tassi comes to her studio after her rape?

4. What does Giulio tell the men who come to interview Artemisia about his sister?

5. What does Artemisia tell Orazio that finally seems to change his mind about supporting her in charging Tassi?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Tassi say to Artemisia immediately after she rebuffs his sexual overtures in Part III?

2. What does Judith take with her back to her village's gates to prove that she did what she did to Holofernes?

3. What does Tassi propose to Artemisia in Part III that she is hopeful about?

4. What does Tassi say that immediately turns Artemisia off from him in Part III?

5. How does Rebecca act when Susanna is just about to be stoned?

6. What does Artemisia spend so much more time on when she paints than faces?

7. What do Judith and Abra do for a time as they pause in front of the village gates with Holofernes's head in the basket?

8. What does Judith tell Artemisia about why she should ask her father to bring charges against Tassi?

9. What does Artemisia realize with horror about her body some weeks after Tassi's assault?

10. How does Judith ingratiate herself with the captain of the Assyrian army, Holofernes?

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