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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. How do Ruth, Iris, and Margarethe get home from the ball?
(a) They steal someone else's carriage.
(b) They all pile onto one little horse.
(c) By carriage.
(d) They have to walk.

2. When Margarethe refers to the imp in their family, to whom is she actually referring?
(a) Iris.
(b) An imp that only comes out at night.
(c) Ruth.
(d) Clara.

3. What does Philippe end up dying from?
(a) Murder.
(b) Consumption.
(c) A heart attack.
(d) Accidental poisoning.

4. How does Cornelius react to his grandchildren?
(a) With love.
(b) With suspicion.
(c) He doesn't react -- he completely ignores them.
(d) With displeasure.

5. As the ball approaches and Clara becomes increasingly reclusive, what does Iris accuse her of becoming like?
(a) A nun.
(b) A priest.
(c) A house servant.
(d) A domesticated animal.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which item is van Stolk most interested in in the van den Meers' household?

2. Who does Ruth suspect of kidnapping Clara as a child?

3. How many children does Clara end up having?

4. Why does Clara tell the queen she is hiding her face?

5. What piece of furniture does the queen complain about while at the ball?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the Master respond to Clara's vote of confidence at the ball, when she says that she is sure his painting will be picked by the queen?

2. In the Epilogue, what does Ruth surmise happened to the greedy van Stolk?

3. In the Epilogue, what does Ruth say about the paintings of Iris's that she admires?

4. How does Margarethe react when Iris catches her seemingly trying to burn Young Woman with Tulips at the ball?

5. What does Margarethe suspect is so wrong with the prince that his aunt, the queen, has to set something like the ball up to help him find a wife?

6. What kind of perspective can Ruth offer about what happens to her family?

7. What happens in the dream Iris has the night of the ball?

8. While at the ball, what do Iris and the Master decide is more permanent than beauty?

9. During their dance at the ball, what does Iris worry about with regard to Caspar?

10. What are two examples of juxtapositioned themes to her family's story that Ruth gives in the Epilogue?

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