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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. Where does Artemisia hide when she flees Tassi in her studio?

2. Who does Artemisia remember as having saved Susanna?

3. What did Artemisia's father once tell her about Susanna in paintings?

4. Why does Judith pause outside of her city's gates?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Why does Artemisia need Orazio to bring charges against Tassi?

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

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

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 Tassi do to Artemisia in Part III that haunts Artemisia forever afterwards?

9. What shocks Artemisia in the immediate aftermath of Tassi's crime against her?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is the price Judith and Abra pay for the act of saving their people from near certain death and destruction? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 2

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 3

How does Artemisia feel about her brothers? What privileges and advantages do Artemisia's brothers enjoy that she does not, and probably never will? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

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