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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. What does Tassi say when Artemisia asks if he can secure a commission for Orazio?

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

3. What does Artemisia realize women's beauty seems to be for in men's eyes?

4. What does Tassi say to Artemisia just before she goes into mass in Part II?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Artemisia's father not object to the unusual situation of having a female apprentice?

2. How does Artemisia shut out the rest of the world and its distractions and problems?

3. What did Artemisia's mother most wish for for her in relation to the last baby she ever had?

4. Why does Tuzia agree to let Tassi ride in the carriage to mass with herself and Artemisia?

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

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

7. How does Artemisia make use of the time she is made to perform menial tasks away from her easel?

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

9. What does Artemisia tell Tassi about her father that she has never told anyone before?

10. When does Tuzia sometimes suggest taking a carriage to mass?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay discussing the paradox in the fact that Artemisia's salvation and ticket to being able to continue working as an artist at the end of the book comes to her through a marriage proposal.

Essay Topic 2

How does Artemisia's opinion of the power and value of her own work evolve over the course of the novel? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 3

How does McCullough communicate the depth and nature of Artemisia's grief over her mother's death to the reader throughout the novel? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

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