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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 want to burn because Tassi has touched it?

2. What does Prudentia tell Artemisia about who saved Susanna's life?

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

4. What is the first thing Artemisia says to Tassi the day he comes to her studio and rapes her?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. 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?

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

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

5. What does Tassi do to Artemisia in Part III that haunts Artemisia forever afterwards?

6. Why does Daniel rule in favor of Susanna and against the Elders?

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

How does Artemisia's opinion of the power and value of her own work evolve over the course of the novel? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 3

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.

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