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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. The plague had been found near the __________________.
(a) Crutchet Canal.
(b) Riverdale Canal.
(c) Rietveld Canal.
(d) Geoff Canal.

2. Whom did Cornelia most resemble?
(a) Her mother.
(b) Her father.
(c) Griet.
(d) Her grandmother.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What food did Vermeer and Griet bond over initially?

2. What chore did Griet look forward to most?

3. What did Catharina want Johannes to do for the family to get more money?

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

5. What is the role of a maid in Griet's world?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How is helplessness a theme in Girl with a Pearl Earring?

3. Describe Griet's first visit home after she began to work for the Vermeers.

4. What connection did Griet and Vermeer have immediately?

5. What role did Griet serve as a servant?

6. How did Griet feel caught between two men?

7. What aspect of Tanneke's personality was Griet moved by?

8. What did the splitting of the tile symbolize?

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

10. Who was Tanneke?

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