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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through 1664, Pages 73 - 94.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What was the only piece in the studio that Griet did not clean?
(a) A canister of paints.
(b) A window sill.
(c) A blue ball of fabric.
(d) A door knob.

3. At Griet's family's home, what was the usual dinner?
(a) Bread.
(b) Pork.
(c) Vegetables.
(d) Rice.

4. What was the name of the head maid in Griet's new home?
(a) Tanneke.
(b) Vermeer.
(c) Tamakin.
(d) Johannes.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Griet's first chore at her new home?

2. Why was Griet unable to sleep on her first night in the new home?

3. If Griet were to choose Pieter the Son, what would she lose?

4. What is the name of the item that reversed the image of a painting into a mirror?

5. Who was Griet's younger sister?

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