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

2. Who watched Griet with a smirk as she almost touched the pearls sitting out in the studio?
(a) Cornelia.
(b) Maria.
(c) Johannes.
(d) Catharina.

3. What was the name of the head maid in Griet's new home?
(a) Johannes.
(b) Tamakin.
(c) Tanneke.
(d) Vermeer.

4. When Griet arrived home after the plague, where did her parents sit to meet her?
(a) Near the River.
(b) Huddled around a fire in the kitchen.
(c) On the porch.
(d) In the living room.

5. What color did Cornelia smear on Griet's apron?
(a) Yellow.
(b) Black.
(c) Blue.
(d) Red.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was Griet allowed to completely clean the studio?

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

3. Whom did it seem that Vermeer was competing with most when it came to Griet?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How did Griet feel caught between two men?

3. What role did competition play in Griet's time at the Vermeer home?

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

5. Who was Cornelia Vermeer?

6. What did Griet think about the camera obscura?

7. Was Vermeer protective of Griet?

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

9. Who was Pieter, the butcher?

10. How did Griet's arrival at the Vermeer home go?

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