View a FREE sample

This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through 1666, Pages 183 - 203.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What room was Griet to be in charge of cleaning without appearing to have moved anything?
(a) Children's room.
(b) Kitchen.
(c) Bathroom.
(d) Vermeer's studio.

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

3. When Griet saw herself in Vermeer's mirror, what did she think of herself?
(a) She was overweight.
(b) She was beautiful.
(c) She was too thin.
(d) She was ugly.

4. What did Catharina keep in the studio that needed to be locked?
(a) Money.
(b) Jewelry.
(c) Family portraits.
(d) Valuable furniture.

5. When did Vermeer convert to his current religion?
(a) When he had children.
(b) When his mother died.
(c) When he was a child.
(d) When he got married.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What is the role of a maid in Griet's world?

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

5. According to Catharina, how did Vermeer feel about Griet's first cleaning of the studio?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 270 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample