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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 Tassi say as he leaves Artemisia's house for the first time after he appears there following his rape of her?

2. What does Artemisia's mother tell her Judith had to decide right before she killed the Assyrian military leader?

3. What happened to Artemisia the day after her mother died?

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

5. How does Artemisia think to herself that she might survive Tassi's assault on her?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. 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?

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

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

5. What does Judith take with her back to her village's gates to prove that she did what she did to Holofernes?

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

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

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

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 tell Artemisia when she tells him she is going to ask her father to bring charges against him?

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

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 3

How does McCullough communicate the depth and nature of Artemisia's grief over her mother's death to the reader throughout the novel? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

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