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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In what month did Catharina send Griet to the apothecary for supplies for the sick boys?
(a) April.
(b) February.
(c) March.
(d) January.

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

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

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

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

7. What was the name of the grandmother in the household?
(a) Johannes.
(b) Cornelia.
(c) Maria.
(d) Catharina.

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

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

10. What happened when Griet began to obsess about the plague?
(a) She was forced to stay in her room.
(b) She was almost fired.
(c) Her work began to suffer.
(d) She was allowed to visit her family.

11. 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.

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

13. What did Griet think about Pieter the Son?
(a) They will never see each other again.
(b) Their lives will become intertwined.
(c) They are going to become enemies.
(d) They are going to fall in love.

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

15. How old was Griet when she moved in with the Vermeers?
(a) 23.
(b) 16.
(c) 20.
(d) 14.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the main reason Griet's mother wanted Griet to marry Pieter?

2. What did Catharina keep in the studio that needed to be locked?

3. Whom did Cornelia most resemble?

4. What color did Vermeer say the clouds were when the clouds worked together?

5. Whom did Tanneke jump in front of when Catharina was being hit?

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