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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the purpose of the final chapter of the novel?
(a) To show how much Vermeer loved Griet.
(b) To show that Griet is happy Catharina is poor.
(c) To show the death of a symbol.
(d) To tie up story lines. 

2. What body part did Vermeer tell Griet she must bare?
(a) Her feet.
(b) Her arms.
(c) Her hair.
(d) Her hands.

3. What was the most important thing to Vermeer?
(a) Family.
(b) Love.
(c) Nature.
(d) Art.

4. Who secretly handed Griet the pearl earrings?
(a) Maria.
(b) Vermeer.
(c) Cornelia.
(d) Catharina.

5. Who warned Griet not to get caught between Vermeer and van Ruijven?
(a) Pieter.
(b) Van Leeuwenhoek.
(c) Griet's mother.
(d) Catharina.

6. How much money does Griet get for the earrings?
(a) 40 guilders.
(b) 10 guilders.
(c) 30 guilders.
(d) 20 guilders.

7. Whom did Van Ruijven impregnate?
(a) Catharina.
(b) His wife's sister.
(c) His maid.
(d) The butcher's wife.

8. How did Pieter act toward Griet after they have sex?
(a) He ignored her.
(b) He wanted to marry her.
(c) He pretended it never happened and continued courting her.
(d) He became angry at her.

9. In the portrait Vermeer paints of a maid for Van Ruijven, what was the woman doing?
(a) Sitting and writing.
(b) Feeding animals.
(c) Drinking wine.
(d) Eating.

10. What was Catharina really angry about when she saw the portrait?
(a) Her husband is giving so much attention to Griet.
(b) Griet is beautiful.
(c) She has never been seen as beautiful.
(d) The maid has worn her pearls.

11. What was Catharina's reaction to seeing the finished painting?
(a) She is happy.
(b) She is enraged.
(c) She is embarrassed.
(d) She is sad.

12. Which item was symbolic of Griet's fear of sexuality?
(a) Her hair.
(b) Her hands.
(c) Vermeer's paintings.
(d) Her skirts.

13. Why did Griet believe that the backlash from Catharina was not as intense as it should be?
(a) Catharina fears Griet.
(b) Catharina does not think Vermeer would ever have an affair.
(c) Catharina wants Griet to have an affair with Vermeer.
(d) Catharina no longer cares for her marriage.

14. With what did Catharina attempt to attack the painting?
(a) A knife.
(b) An axe.
(c) Black paint.
(d) A glass of water.

15. Who is the executor of Vermeer's will?
(a) Cornelia.
(b) Van Ruijven.
(c) Van Leeuwenhoek.
(d) Catharina.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Vermeer say about the role of religion in his paintings?

2. What was the color of one of the pieces of fabric Vermeer gave Griet to cover her hair in?

3. Whose clothes did Vermeer want Griet to wear for the portrait?

4. Vermeer was using Griet for_____________.

5. What did Griet determine was missing from her portrait?

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