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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through 1666, Pages 203 - 229.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When was Griet allowed to completely clean the studio?
(a) When Vermeer's painting was finished.
(b) When Vermeer's paintings were sold.
(c) When Vermeer was on a trip.
(d) When she was ordered by Catharina to do it out of spite.

2. What did Vermeer do to show he did not care to defend Griet against Catharina?
(a) He made the decision to make Griet leave.
(b) He did not tell Catharina about the pearls.
(c) He threw out the portrait of Griet.
(d) He kissed Catharina in front of Griet.

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

4. What did Griet think about Pieter the Son?
(a) They are going to fall in love.
(b) They are going to become enemies.
(c) They will never see each other again.
(d) Their lives will become intertwined.

5. When Griet arrived home after the plague, where did her parents sit to meet her?
(a) Huddled around a fire in the kitchen.
(b) On the porch.
(c) Near the River.
(d) In the living room.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Cornelia take from Griet's chest?

2. What was the cause of death for Griet's sister?

3. How did Griet overstep her boundaries with Vermeer?

4. How did Griet's mother want Griet to respond to the butcher's son?

5. Griet suspected that Catharina believed which of the following about her marriage?

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