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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 Daniel tell Susanna will happen to the Elders?
(a) They will be stoned.
(b) They will be crucified.
(c) They will be stabbed.
(d) They will be fed to the lions.

2. What does Artemisia want to burn because Tassi has touched it?
(a) Her palette.
(b) Her brush.
(c) Her painting stool.
(d) Her easel.

3. What is the word that Artemisia thinks of right after Tassi makes his vulgar overture to her about sharing his studio in Part III?
(a) Madness.
(b) Confinement.
(c) Marriage.
(d) Possession.

4. How will Judith and Abra signal to those inside the city to open the gate?
(a) By whistling.
(b) By ringing the bell.
(c) By turning their key.
(d) By knocking the secret knock.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Daniel's intervention in her case feel like at first for Susanna?

2. What did Artemisia's father once tell her about Susanna in paintings?

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

4. What is the first thing Artemisia says to Tassi the second time he comes to her studio after her rape?

5. What is the one additional sin Artemisia's mother lists for Susanna that Susanna herself does not mention?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Tassi tell Artemisia when she tells him she is going to ask her father to bring charges against him?

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

3. What shocks Artemisia in the immediate aftermath of Tassi's crime against her?

4. 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?

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

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

7. What does Susanna say for herself at her stoning?

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

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

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

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