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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whom does Nella see engaging in oral sex with Johannes when she visits his work?
(a) The miniaturist.
(b) Otto.
(c) Jack.
(d) Frans.

2. What excuse does Marin provide when Johannes does not show up on time to meet with the Meermans?
(a) She says that had gotten the times mixed up.
(b) She says that he often forgets to wind his watch.
(c) She says that he has been delayed by business.
(d) She says that he has been delayed by weather.

3. When Nella gets back to her room after her first kiss with Johannes, what does she do?
(a) She burns the portrait of Johannes in the fireplace.
(b) She writes in her journal.
(c) She turns all of the paintings to the wall.
(d) She writes a letter to her mother.

4. In order for Johannes to feel his wife's encouragement, what plan does Nella make?
(a) She plans to sit him down so they can discuss their sexual problems openly.
(b) She plans to visit Johannes at his work.
(c) She plans to write him a list of all the ways she loves him.
(d) She plans to make him a special shirt.

5. When Marin does not introduce herself, for whom does Nella mistake her new sister-in-law?
(a) The wet nurse.
(b) Johannes's great-aunt.
(c) The maid.
(d) Nella's mother-in-law.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the only person in Nella's life who enjoys bringing up and discussing the past?

2. Where does Marin say Johannes's homosexuality resides?

3. Who delivers the package containing Nella's first miniatures?

4. What does Marin say that her society does to homosexuals like Johannes?

5. What feeling does Nella have upon first arriving at the Brandt house when no one will answer the door?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Nella mean when she opines that "home is nowhere" (114) for her now?

2. What is Johannes's reply when Nella asks him whether they are rich?

3. What is Nella's marital status when she first arrives at the Brandt home?

4. What is ironic about Nella's mother's comment that there is only one kind of wife?

5. What is the first disagreement between Nella and Marin, and who wins it?

6. What is Otto's history?

7. How does Nella feel when Marin reveals that she has known all along that her brother Johannes is gay?

8. What is Nella's mother's reply when Nella says she does not want to be the kind of wife that behaves as the "rams and ewes of Assendelft" (26) do?

9. How does Marin hurt Nella physically and why?

10. For what reason is Nella reluctant to answer Agnes's question about who made Nella's miniatures?

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