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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 Artemisia tell her father about Tassi that stops Orazio in his tracks in Part IV?

2. What does Giulio tell the men who come to interview Artemisia about his sister?

3. What does Tassi laugh about and tell Artemisia he thinks she thinks about him in Part III?

4. What does Orazio at first try to dismiss Artemisia's rape by Tassi as?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Tassi say that immediately turns Artemisia off from him in Part III?

2. What does Tassi propose to Artemisia in Part III that she is hopeful about?

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

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

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

6. What is Abra's role in Judith's plan with Holofernes?

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

8. What does Artemisia focus on in her own painting of Judith that she has not seen other renditions of this painting bring to the fore?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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.

Essay Topic 2

How do Artemisia's experiences as a woman and eventually as a survivor of sexual assault affect her work as a painter and infuse it with qualities that men's artistry of her time seems to lack? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 3

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.

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