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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 Tassi call Artemisia the first time he comes to see her after he rapes her?
(a) Sweetie.
(b) Darling.
(c) Honey.
(d) Whore.

2. What is the first thing Artemisia says to Tassi the day he comes to her studio and rapes her?
(a) Get out.
(b) My father banished you from this house.
(c) I will join you only if you respect me.
(d) I told you not to come back.

3. What color does Tassi routinely use to describe Artemisia?
(a) Cerulean.
(b) Magenta.
(c) Vermillion.
(d) Ochre.

4. What does Tuzia ask Artemisia about Tassi in Part III?
(a) Why Artemisia has not yet proposed marriage to him.
(b) Why Artemisia has not gone to the market with him.
(c) Why he has not come to visit lately.
(d) Why Artemisia has not baked a cake for him yet.

5. Why does Judith pause outside of her city's gates?
(a) She is worried what her mother will say.
(b) She can not face her husband's ire.
(c) She is thinking of running away.
(d) She needs to think what she will say if people do not believe she and Abra killed Holofernes.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the slightest shift do to perspective, according to Artemisia?

2. Why does Judith decide she has to take the head of the Assyrian military leader back to the village?

3. How did Artemisia's father ignore propriety with her?

4. What does Orazio tell Artemisia will happen if she pursues charges against Tassi?

5. How does Artemisia feel about her prospects right after she rebuffs Tassi's vulgar overtures?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Artemisia focus on in her own painting of Judith that she has not seen other renditions of this painting bring to the fore?

2. What is Abra's role in Judith's plan with Holofernes?

3. Why does Daniel rule in favor of Susanna and against the Elders?

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

5. What does Tassi do to Artemisia in Part III that haunts Artemisia forever afterwards?

6. What does Artemisia say to Orazio that seems to make him agree to bring charges against Tassi?

7. What does Tassi do in a rage the first time he comes back to see Artemisia after she rebuffs his sexual advances?

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

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

10. How does Tassi act when he sees Artemisia for the first time after his assault on her?

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