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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 Artemisia tell Orazio that finally seems to change his mind about supporting her in charging Tassi?
(a) Susanna told her to stand up for herself.
(b) Her mother believed in stories.
(c) Judith told her to stand up for herself.
(d) Her mother's spirit told her to stand up for herself.

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

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) Possession.
(b) Madness.
(c) Confinement.
(d) Marriage.

4. What one thing does Artemisia's mother ask her to remember about Judith's story, if nothing else?
(a) She treats Abra well.
(b) She becomes a military leader herself.
(c) She survives.
(d) She avenges her husband's death.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Tassi do to Artemisia's beloved painting of Susanna?

2. Who does Artemisia remember as having saved Susanna?

3. How did Artemisia ruin a canvass when she was five or six years old?

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

5. What does Artemisia spend more time painting in her work than faces?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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. What does Susanna say for herself at her stoning?

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

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

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

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

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