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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 side story was meant to highlight the complexity of Griet's move to the Vermeer home?
(a) The plague's effects on the town.
(b) Griet's vanity.
(c) The death of Griet's sister.
(d) Griet's frequent trips to visit her brother.

2. If Griet were to choose Pieter the Son, what would she lose?
(a) Family.
(b) Domesticity.
(c) Stability.
(d) Art.

3. Who broke Griet's favorite tile?
(a) Vermeer.
(b) Maria.
(c) Catharina.
(d) Cornelia.

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 ignore his attention.
(d) To pretend that she does not understand his advances.

5. After the suggestion that he should paint Griet, how did Vermeer act toward her?
(a) Rude.
(b) Eager.
(c) Warm.
(d) Distant.

Short Answer Questions

1. With whom did Tanneke share a room?

2. What did Griet's mother serve at dinner after church?

3. According to Griet's mother, what did Vermeer's paintings represent?

4. What religion were the Vermeers?

5. Whom did Griet find to tell that her sister was sick?

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