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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did Frans go to start an apprenticeship?
(a) Castle.
(b) Military.
(c) Tile factory.
(d) Art studio.

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

3. How did Griet perceive her own vanity?
(a) She is not naive enough to give in to vanity and beauty.
(b) She is a young lady and should take advantage of her beauty.
(c) She is too young to be so vain.
(d) She is a maid and should not feel any vanity.

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

5. Who told Vermeer that he should paint Griet?
(a) Cornelia.
(b) Van Ruijven.
(c) Frans.
(d) Catharina.

6. What was Griet doing when Vermeer walked in to the studio and seemed inexplicably taken with her?
(a) Washing windows.
(b) Arranging furniture.
(c) Dusting.
(d) Sweeping the floor.

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

8. What was Griet's first chore at her new home?
(a) Dusting.
(b) Laundry.
(c) Babysitting.
(d) Cooking.

9. How did Griet overstep her boundaries with Vermeer?
(a) She looked at his paintings.
(b) She asked him to paint her portrait.
(c) She moved an important item.
(d) She questioned him.

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

11. Why wasn't Griet allowed to visit her family?
(a) She might die from the plague.
(b) She might not work as well.
(c) She might not return.
(d) She might bring the plague back with her.

12. Where did Griet learn she would be sleeping in her new home?
(a) Studio.
(b) Barn.
(c) Bathroom.
(d) Cellar.

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

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

15. Griet knew that ________ was going to be trouble for her.
(a) Maria.
(b) Cornelia.
(c) Catharina.
(d) Johannes.

Short Answer Questions

1. What color did Cornelia smear on Griet's apron?

2. What was the name of the girl who followed Griet to the canal to fetch water?

3. After the suggestion that he should paint Griet, how did Vermeer act toward her?

4. Griet was raised as a ____________.

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

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