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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Griet do with her wages after her first week?
(a) She spends them on new clothing.
(b) She buys her family dinner.
(c) She buys a visit to the doctor for her father.
(d) She gives them to her mother.

2. What chore did Griet look forward to most?
(a) Cooking.
(b) Cleaning the studio.
(c) Repairing clothing.
(d) Washing laundry at the river.

3. What did Catharina break that once belonged to van Leeuwenhoek?
(a) A camera.
(b) A cup.
(c) A box.
(d) A telescope.

4. If Griet were to choose Pieter the Son, what kind of life would she be choosing?
(a) Life of vanity and beauty.
(b) Nomadic life.
(c) Poverty.
(d) Stable domestic life.

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

6. How did Griet's mother want Griet to respond to the butcher's son?
(a) To ignore his attention.
(b) To encourage him to marry her right away.
(c) To pretend that she does not understand his advances.
(d) To welcome his attention.

7. What side story was meant to highlight the complexity of Griet's move to the Vermeer home?
(a) The death of Griet's sister.
(b) The plague's effects on the town.
(c) Griet's frequent trips to visit her brother.
(d) Griet's vanity.

8. What aspect of Tanneke's personality moved Griet after she talked to Pieter?
(a) Kindness.
(b) Admiration.
(c) Loyalty.
(d) Respect.

9. Who was the only one to speak kindly to Griet after her sister died?
(a) Tanneke.
(b) Maria.
(c) Cornelia.
(d) Catharina.

10. What was the butcher's daughter doing in Vermeer's new painting?
(a) Pouring water into a basin.
(b) Packaging meat.
(c) Cutting meat.
(d) Cleaning up blood.

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

12. How old was Griet's younger sister when Griet left?
(a) 16.
(b) 12.
(c) 14.
(d) 10.

13. What religion were the Vermeers?
(a) Lutheran.
(b) Catholics.
(c) Protestant.
(d) Pagan.

14. According to Catharina, how did Vermeer feel about Griet's first cleaning of the studio?
(a) He is disappointed.
(b) He is pleased.
(c) He does not even notice it is clean.
(d) He is extremely angry.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was Griet's younger sister?

2. Who broke Griet's favorite tile?

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

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

5. What job did Griet's father do?

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