The Miniaturist Test | Final Test - Medium

Jessie Burton
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 164 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

The Miniaturist Test | Final Test - Medium

Jessie Burton
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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. For what reason does Nella allow Cornelia to look inside the cabinet house during the scene when Cornelia finds the doll resembling Marin?
(a) She wants to get another person's opinion about the miniaturist's identity.
(b) She does not see Cornelia opening the curtain until it is too late.
(c) She feels sorry for speaking harshly to Cornelia a moment before.
(d) She wants to get another person's opinion about the authenticity of her miniatures.

2. What is NOT a circumstance Cornelia names when accusing the miniaturist of wreaking havoc upon the Brandt household?
(a) Johannes is in prison.
(b) Otto is gone.
(c) Marin is pregnant with Otto's child.
(d) Marin is pregnant with Frans's child.

3. Before Johannes tries to flee Amsterdam, he tells Nella to guard and watch someone. Of whom is he speaking?
(a) Marin.
(b) The miniaturist.
(c) Jack.
(d) Cornelia.

4. What kind of clock is in Nella's bedroom?
(a) A golden pendulum clock.
(b) A silver pendulum clock.
(c) A cuckoo clock.
(d) A brass pendulum clock.

5. Marin tells Nella that walking while pregnant feels like "bending over" (258) what object?
(a) A globe.
(b) A market stall.
(c) An ironing board.
(d) A medicine ball.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who helps Nella look for Peebo in the streets?

2. What does Marin say when Nella takes the glass from her hand after Nella has found her sobbing?

3. When Nella hears sobbing and opens Marin's door, what color is the liquid she sees Marin about to drink?

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

5. What reason does Marin give Nella when she tells Nella not to follow Johannes to the Stadhuis?

Short Essay Questions

1. What act does Johannes tell Marin he has undertaken for her and "against the counsel" (219) of his soul?

2. What has changed about Marin's doll in Part Three: "No Anchor"? What does this foreshadow?

3. When Nella receives eight dolls from the miniaturist, what two items is the doll made in her own likeness holding in its tiny hands? What is the significance of each item?

4. What does Marin say the truth is about Frans and her in the past in Part Four: “Verkeerspel"?

5. What two items does Nella say "beautifully define [Marin's] infuriating contradictions and what does Nella mean?

6. For what reason is Nella reluctant to share the details of the miniaturist's work with Cornelia?

7. Where does Nella go in Part Four: "Spores"? Why?

8. For what reason does Hanna have to destroy all of the bakery's gingerbread families?

9. What does Nella do as a sign of goodwill toward Johannes when he leaves for Venice and what is his reaction?

10. What is Marin about to do when Nella enters her room in Part Three: “Hidden Bodies"? Why?

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