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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 the slightest shift do to perspective, according to Artemisia?

2. What is the first thing Artemisia says to Tassi the day he comes to her studio and rapes her?

3. What one thing does Artemisia's mother ask her to remember about Judith's story, if nothing else?

4. Who is Artemisia's smallest brother?

5. What does Artemisia think of Susanna as she gathers the remains of her painting of Susanna from the floor?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Artemisia do to escape from Tassi when he comes to see her in her studio the first time following the assault?

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

4. How does Rebecca act when Susanna is just about to be stoned?

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

6. What does Tassi do to Artemisia in Part III that haunts Artemisia forever afterwards?

7. What do Judith and Abra do for a time as they pause in front of the village gates with Holofernes's head in the basket?

8. Who does Artemisia envision helping her after her rape in Part IV?

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 Susanna say for herself at her stoning?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What does McCullough use onions to symbolize throughout the novel, and how does Artemisia feel about what the onions symbolize to her? Write an essay explaining your answers.

Essay Topic 2

How does Artemisia feel about Tino Tassi when they first meet? When and how do her feelings for Tassi change? Write an essay explaining your answers.

Essay Topic 3

How does Tino Tassi seem to gain and maintain his position of influence and power in society? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your answers.

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