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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Who watched Griet with a smirk as she almost touched the pearls sitting out in the studio?
(a) Johannes.
(b) Cornelia.
(c) Maria.
(d) Catharina.

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

5. If Griet were to choose Pieter the Son, what would she lose?
(a) Domesticity.
(b) Family.
(c) Art.
(d) Stability.

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

7. Griet was raised as a ____________.
(a) Pagan.
(b) Catholic.
(c) Protestant.
(d) Mormon.

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

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

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

11. Who was Griet's younger sister?
(a) Alexandria.
(b) Abigail.
(c) Agnes.
(d) Amberly.

12. What color did Griet lay out for Vermeer to use on the butcher's daughter's skirt?
(a) Green.
(b) A combination of many colors.
(c) Blue.
(d) Yellow.

13. How many days did it take to prepare the celebration feast for the new baby?
(a) Five days.
(b) Two days.
(c) Eight days.
(d) Ten days.

14. Who was the owner of Vermeer's painting of the lady at the window?
(a) Van Burne.
(b) Van Amberson.
(c) Van Andelyn.
(d) Van Ruijven.

15. What did Pieter the Son give Griet to take to her family?
(a) A bag of vegetables.
(b) A package of meat.
(c) Some money.
(d) A book.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Vermeer grind to make paint?

2. At first, Vermeer told Griet the clouds were ____________.

3. How did the pregnant woman react to her husband's attention spent on Griet?

4. What was the name of the grandmother in the household?

5. What did Griet's sister's death symbolize?

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