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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Three: "Escape" - Part Four: "The Actor".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Marin say that her society does to homosexuals like Johannes?
(a) She says they are stripped of all property and business.
(b) She says they burn them.
(c) She says they excommunicate them.
(d) She says they drown them.

2. What month does Marin insist is the one in which Johannes absolutely must sail to Venice?
(a) November.
(b) December.
(c) January.
(d) October.

3. What color are Johannes's eyes?
(a) Gray.
(b) Green.
(c) Brown.
(d) Blue.

4. What metaphor does Marin use when telling Nella that she does not understand Marin or Johannes?
(a) The knot is tied too tight.
(b) The ship has sailed.
(c) The arrow does not quite hit the mark.
(d) A stitch in time saves nine.

5. Agnes tells Nella that Johannes and Frans met when they were how old?
(a) 22.
(b) 28.
(c) 18.
(d) 12.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Johannes tell Nella about comfort?

2. What item does Nella put into her hair the night of Johannes's departure to Venice?

3. What emotion does Nella admit feeling when she realizes that she will never engage in sexual activity within her marriage?

4. How far along in her pregnancy does Marin say she is when Nella asks?

5. On what day does Johannes allow Otto and Cornelia "to dress up like lords and eat at his table" (183)?

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