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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What gift did Pieter often send to Griet's family?
(a) Meat.
(b) Jewelry.
(c) Animals.
(d) Money.

2. How did Griet's family respond to Pieter's surprising them?
(a) They are angry.
(b) They are welcoming.
(c) They do not notice him.
(d) They are embarrassed.

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

4. When the portrait was finished, how did Griet and Vermeer both feel?
(a) Embarrassed.
(b) Overwhelmed.
(c) Anxious.
(d) Unsatisfied.

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

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

7. What did Vermeer say about the role of religion in his paintings?
(a) They are Catholic.
(b) They are Christian.
(c) They are not religious.
(d) They are Protestant.

8. What is the name of one of Griet's sons?
(a) Jan.
(b) Pieter.
(c) Francisco.
(d) Han.

9. Who placed the pearl earring into Griet's ear?
(a) Vermeer.
(b) Maria.
(c) Catharina.
(d) Griet.

10. What does Griet vow to do with the final coins from selling the earrings?
(a) To never spend them.
(b) To give them to Catharina.
(c) To save them for her children.
(d) To spend them right away.

11. Where did Pieter the Son show up uninvited, surprising Griet and her family?
(a) The river.
(b) The market.
(c) Church.
(d) The Vermeer home.

12. Griet suspected that Catharina believed which of the following about her marriage?
(a) It is alive only through Vermeer's passion.
(b) It is strong.
(c) It is holding on by a thin thread.
(d) It is alive only because of her mother's strength.

13. What was the color of one of the pieces of fabric Vermeer gave Griet to cover her hair in?
(a) Gold.
(b) Black.
(c) White.
(d) Red.

14. What problem did Vermeer have with Griet?
(a) He can't find a good hairstyle for her.
(b) He can't find the right lighting for her face.
(c) He can't find the right pose for her.
(d) He can't find the right color for her clothing.

15. What did Griet believe Vermeer would ask her to wear for the portrait?
(a) A wig.
(b) Catharina's dress.
(c) Pearl earrings.
(d) Scarves.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who told Griet that Vermeer only saw the world as he wanted it to be?

2. Who told Griet that there was something dangerous in Vermeer's paintings?

3. What did Griet use to numb her ear?

4. What did Griet do after Catharina tried to attack the painting?

5. Why did Catharina consider moving Griet from the attic room?

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