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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 eventually begin to resent Tuzia and her brothers for?

2. What does Rebecca tell the crowd assembled to stone her sister Susanna?

3. What liquids does Artemisia mix for her paintings in Part III?

4. What does Tassi tell Artemisia about his opinion of her father's friendship?

5. What does Artemisia seem to lose her ability to do following the rape?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. 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?

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

6. 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?

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

8. How does Tassi act when he sees Artemisia for the first time after his assault on her?

9. What does Tassi do in a rage the first time he comes back to see Artemisia after she rebuffs his sexual advances?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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.

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 Artemisia's relationship with Tuzia, the family's servant? Why do you think Artemisia and Tuzia have such a cold relationship? Write an essay explaining your answers.

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