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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through 1664, Pages 51 - 73.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.

2. What is the name of the item that reversed the image of a painting into a mirror?
(a) Camera obscura.
(b) Camera miniature.
(c) Camera larga.
(d) Camera minusca.

3. What did Griet see in Vermeer's studio that allowed her to feel a deepening connection to him?
(a) His painting set.
(b) His painting in progress.
(c) Paintings of his children.
(d) His religious paintings.

4. The plague had been found near the __________________.
(a) Crutchet Canal.
(b) Geoff Canal.
(c) Riverdale Canal.
(d) Rietveld Canal.

5. What does the "camera" symbolize?
(a) The way Vermeer sees the world.
(b) The way Vermeer idealizes technology.
(c) The way Vermeer represents immorality.
(d) The way Griet views Vermeer.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who watched Griet with a smirk as she almost touched the pearls sitting out in the studio?

2. What was Griet able to tell about the visitors just from the timbre of their voices?

3. At the opening of the novel, what was Griet doing?

4. When Griet saw herself in Vermeer's mirror, what did she think of herself?

5. Whom did Griet bond with most before beginning work at her new home?

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