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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through 1665, Pages 95 - 125.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At the opening of the novel, what was Griet doing?
(a) Chopping vegetables.
(b) Watching after children.
(c) Washing laundry.
(d) Feeding farm animals.

2. What was Griet able to tell about the visitors just from the timbre of their voices?
(a) They are intelligent.
(b) They are sympathetic to her plight.
(c) They are mean.
(d) They are rich.

3. In what month did Catharina send Griet to the apothecary for supplies for the sick boys?
(a) February.
(b) January.
(c) March.
(d) April.

4. Who was the only one to speak kindly to Griet after her sister died?
(a) Tanneke.
(b) Cornelia.
(c) Catharina.
(d) Maria.

5. What did Catharina want Johannes to do for the family to get more money?
(a) Sell portraits on the streets.
(b) Get a job in tile painting.
(c) Paint faster.
(d) Work at the butcher shop.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the "camera" symbolize?

2. What was Griet doing when Vermeer walked in to the studio and seemed inexplicably taken with her?

3. What aspect of Tanneke's personality moved Griet after she talked to Pieter?

4. When was Griet allowed to completely clean the studio?

5. According to Catharina, how did Vermeer feel about Griet's first cleaning of the studio?

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