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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through 1665, Pages 125 - 150.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the portrait Vermeer paints of a maid for Van Ruijven, what was the woman doing?
(a) Drinking wine.
(b) Feeding animals.
(c) Sitting and writing.
(d) Eating.

2. Who watched Griet with a smirk as she almost touched the pearls sitting out in the studio?
(a) Cornelia.
(b) Johannes.
(c) Catharina.
(d) Maria.

3. What color did Cornelia smear on Griet's apron?
(a) Yellow.
(b) Black.
(c) Red.
(d) Blue.

4. When Pieter the Son came to visit Griet, whom did she feel watching them?
(a) Catharina.
(b) Frans.
(c) Vermeer.
(d) Cornelia.

5. What difference did Griet see in the painting in progress?
(a) An extra person has been added.
(b) An extra flowers has been added to a vase.
(c) An extra window has been added to a building.
(d) An extra pearl has been added to a necklace.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of paintings did Griet's family say Vermeer paints?

2. When Catharina gave birth after the death of Griet's sister, what did she name her new son?

3. What does the "camera" symbolize?

4. Griet's attic room was above __________.

5. According to Pieter the Son, who had fallen ill with the plague?

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