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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. How do all the masters paint the Elders in Susanna's story?

2. Where does Susanna bathe in the story Artemisia's mother tells her?

3. How did Orazio react to Artemisia's mother's stories?

4. What rank task does Orazio make Artemisia do in Part II?

5. Who does Artemisia model one of the terrible Elders in her painting of Susanna after?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Artemisia tell Tassi to try to entice him to assign a lucrative new commission to her father?

2. What has broken Judith's heart at the beginning of Artemisia's mother's story about Judith?

3. In Part I, who does Orazio, Artemisia's father, not recognize in one of her paintings?

4. What does Artemisia do when she needs a female model for her paintings?

5. How does Orazio react when Artemisia lets it slip that she told Tassi she helps with the paintings?

6. How does Artemisia remember her mother who has passed away?

7. Who does Artemisia use as a model for one of the Elders in her own painting of Susanna?

8. How does Artemisia feel when she cannot find her favorite palette knife in Part II?

9. Why does Artemisia think her mother told her the story of Susanna as she matures?

10. How does Orazio respond to Artemisia's question about how to fix the Virgin Mary's arm in the painting she does in Part I?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does Artemisia handle, and eventually seem to triumph over, the horrific injuries to her hands from her ordeal at the trial of her rapist? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 2

How does Artemisia's rape affect her ability to paint? How does Artemisia begin to heal mentally to the point that she can begin to work again? Write an essay explaining your answers.

Essay Topic 3

What are the different meanings of blood McCullough explores throughout the novel? For example, what does blood represent when it is indicative of menstruation, of the aftermath of Artemisia's rape, and of the murder Judith commits? Write an essay explaining your answers.

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