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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Who broke Griet's favorite tile?
(a) Catharina.
(b) Maria.
(c) Vermeer.
(d) Cornelia.

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

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

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

7. What job did Griet's father do?
(a) Butcher.
(b) Cook.
(c) Harvester.
(d) Tile painter.

8. What drink was served for dinner at Griet's new home?
(a) Wine.
(b) Water.
(c) Apple juice.
(d) Beer.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How many days did it take to prepare the celebration feast for the new baby?

2. Who was the owner of Vermeer's painting of the lady at the window?

3. The plague had been found near the __________________.

4. How did Griet's family react to the death of the youngest daughter?

5. What did Griet do with her wages after her first week?

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