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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 did Artemisia ruin a canvass when she was five or six years old?

2. What has Artemisia heard her brother Francesco reciting?

3. What does Daniel's intervention in her case feel like at first for Susanna?

4. What does Judith say to the Assyrian military leader that prompts him to tell her it will be a shame to kill her?

5. How do Artemisia's brothers' attitudes towards her change after hearing her story of her rape to the men who come to the house?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Tassi tell Artemisia when she tells him she is going to ask her father to bring charges against him?

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

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

4. 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?

5. What does Artemisia say to Orazio that seems to make him agree to bring charges against Tassi?

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

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

8. What does Judith tell Artemisia about why she should ask her father to bring charges against Tassi?

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

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 Artemisia believe finally changes her father Orazio's attitude towards her and convinces him to help her fight for justice after her rape? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 2

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 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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