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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 Catharina want Johannes to do for the family to get more money?
(a) Sell portraits on the streets.
(b) Paint faster.
(c) Get a job in tile painting.
(d) Work at the butcher shop.

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

3. What was Griet doing when Vermeer walked in to the studio and seemed inexplicably taken with her?
(a) Arranging furniture.
(b) Sweeping the floor.
(c) Dusting.
(d) Washing windows.

4. What difference did Griet see in the painting in progress?
(a) An extra person has been added.
(b) An extra window has been added to a building.
(c) An extra flowers has been added to a vase.
(d) An extra pearl has been added to a necklace.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Whom did Cornelia most resemble?

2. How many butchers were there in Market Square?

3. How old was Griet's younger sister when Griet left?

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

5. When Catharina gave birth after the death of Griet's sister, what did she name her new son?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What role did Griet serve as a servant?

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

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

5. What connection did Griet and Vermeer have immediately?

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

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

8. What did Griet think about the camera obscura?

9. Who was Tanneke?

10. Who was Pieter the Son?

(see the answer keys)

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