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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. At the opening of the novel, what was Griet doing?
(a) Washing laundry.
(b) Chopping vegetables.
(c) Watching after children.
(d) Feeding farm animals.

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

5. Why wasn't Griet allowed to visit her family?
(a) She might die from the plague.
(b) She might not work as well.
(c) She might bring the plague back with her.
(d) She might not return.

Short Answer Questions

1. What side story was meant to highlight the complexity of Griet's move to the Vermeer home?

2. What room was Griet to be in charge of cleaning without appearing to have moved anything?

3. What did Griet see in Vermeer's studio that allowed her to feel a deepening connection to him?

4. Who or what was on the tile that Griet's father gave her?

5. According to Pieter the Son, who had fallen ill with the plague?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who was Van Ruijven?

2. Who was Tanneke?

3. What family problems did Griet experience at her family's home?

4. What were some of the class differences between Griet and the Vermeers?

5. Why did Griet's mother encourage her to accept Pieter's advances?

6. Why did Griet need to keep her involvement with Vermeer's paintings a secret?

7. What role did Griet serve as a servant?

8. How did Griet's idea of Vermeer's art differ from Catharina's?

9. How did Griet feel caught between two men?

10. Why did Maria agree to keep Griet's involvement in Vermeer's paintings a secret?

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