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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 happened to Artemisia the day after her mother died?
(a) She got her period for the first time.
(b) She contracted the Plague.
(c) She threw up.
(d) She broke her leg.

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

3. Why do Judith and Abra laugh as they wait outside the gates of their city?
(a) They can not believe the absurdity of their own situation.
(b) Judith tells a funny joke.
(c) They think Holofernes's head is funny.
(d) Abra tells a funny joke.

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

5. What does Tassi do to Artemisia's beloved painting of Susanna?
(a) Sets fire to it.
(b) Tears it to shreds.
(c) Steals it.
(d) Sells it.

Short Answer Questions

1. What had Artemisia expected Tassi to propose when he asked her to share his studio, but that he failed to propose?

2. Who is the Assyrian military leader Judith ingratiates herself to?

3. Why does Judith pause outside of her city's gates?

4. What is the word on the street about Orazio's Susanna painting?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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