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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. What did Catharina want Johannes to do for the family to get more money?
(a) Get a job in tile painting.
(b) Work at the butcher shop.
(c) Sell portraits on the streets.
(d) Paint faster.

2. What aspect of Tanneke's personality moved Griet after she talked to Pieter?
(a) Respect.
(b) Loyalty.
(c) Kindness.
(d) Admiration.

3. What happened when Griet began to obsess about the plague?
(a) She was forced to stay in her room.
(b) Her work began to suffer.
(c) She was almost fired.
(d) She was allowed to visit her family.

4. How did Griet's mother want Griet to respond to the butcher's son?
(a) To welcome his attention.
(b) To encourage him to marry her right away.
(c) To pretend that she does not understand his advances.
(d) To ignore his attention.

5. In what month did Catharina send Griet to the apothecary for supplies for the sick boys?
(a) January.
(b) April.
(c) February.
(d) March.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the main reason Griet's mother wanted Griet to marry Pieter?

2. What was the only piece in the studio that Griet did not clean?

3. If Griet were to choose Pieter the Son, what kind of life would she be choosing?

4. What did Vermeer grind to make paint?

5. In the portrait Vermeer paints of a maid for Van Ruijven, what was the woman doing?

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