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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. Why does Orazio send Tuzia away?
(a) He tells Artemisia she is spying for Tassi.
(b) He tells Artemisia she was paid to look the other way.
(c) He tells Artemisia she was spreading rumors about her.
(d) He tells Artemisia she was too expensive.

2. What does Tassi say as he leaves Artemisia's house for the first time after he appears there following his rape of her?
(a) Artemisia is insolent and prone to flights of fancy.
(b) Artemisia has attacked him.
(c) Artemisia is touched in the head.
(d) Artemisia has lost the ability to speak.

3. Who does Artemisia remember as having saved Susanna?
(a) Joaquim.
(b) Malachi.
(c) Holofernes.
(d) Daniel.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How do Artemisia's brothers' attitudes towards her change after hearing her story of her rape to the men who come to the house?

2. What is one task Artemisia begins to do for her father in the studio following her mother's death?

3. Who does Tarquin grip in one of Artemisia's paintings?

4. What does Tassi tell Artemisia he would do with her if she shared his studio?

5. What does Tassi say to Artemisia about her work as soon as she rebuffs his overture?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How and when did Artemisia become her father's apprentice?

3. 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?

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

5. What does Artemisia do to escape from Tassi when he comes to see her in her studio the first time following the assault?

6. Why does Artemisia need Orazio to bring charges against Tassi?

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

8. Who does Artemisia envision helping her after her rape in Part IV?

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

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

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