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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through 1665, Pages 150 - 180.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Griet thinks that her own best feature is __________.
(a) Her eyes.
(b) Her cheeks.
(c) Her nose.
(d) Her hair.

3. With whom did Tanneke share a room?
(a) The children.
(b) The nurse.
(c) Griet.
(d) Catharina.

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

5. Who or what was on the tile that Griet's father gave her?
(a) A home.
(b) An empty field.
(c) A store.
(d) A boy and a girl.

Short Answer Questions

1. What job did Griet's father do?

2. What did Vermeer say about the role of religion in his paintings?

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

4. What does the "camera" symbolize?

5. What gift did Pieter often send to Griet's family?

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