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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 old is Artemisia in Part I?
2. What does Tassi say when Artemisia asks if he can secure a commission for Orazio?
3. How does Judith's husband die?
4. What does Abra accuse Judith of dreaming of?
5. Where is Judith from?
Short Essay Questions
1. In Part I, who does Orazio, Artemisia's father, not recognize in one of her paintings?
2. How does Artemisia's mother begin her story to Artemisia about Susanna?
3. How does Artemisia remember her mother who has passed away?
4. What does Artemisia wonder about when her family's servant Tuzia implores her to carry the baskets through the market because her arms are younger and stronger?
5. What has broken Judith's heart at the beginning of Artemisia's mother's story about Judith?
6. How does Artemisia shut out the rest of the world and its distractions and problems?
7. What happens to Susanna in her garden that puts her in great peril?
8. How does Artemisia's mother describe the relationship between Susanna and her sister Rebecca?
9. How does Artemisia feel when she cannot find her favorite palette knife in Part II?
10. What did Artemisia's mother most wish for for her in relation to the last baby she ever had?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Why do you think Artemisia's mother chose the stories particularly of Susanna and Judith to tell to Artemisia when she was a young girl? Write an essay explaining your answers.
Essay Topic 2
How does McCullough's choice to write this novel both from (primarily) the first-person point of view and in verse affect the reader's experience of the story? Write an essay explaining your answers.
Essay Topic 3
How would you describe the relationship between Judith and Abra? Why do you think Abra is ultimately so loyal to Judith? In the end of the novel, what bonds Judith and Abra together most strongly? Write an essay explaining your answers.
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