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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 color is the mantle that Catharina wears?
(a) Yellow.
(b) White.
(c) Blue.
(d) Gray.

2. Whose clothes did Vermeer want Griet to wear for the portrait?
(a) Catharina's.
(b) Griet's mother's.
(c) Tanneke's.
(d) Cornelia's.

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

4. Why did Catharina consider moving Griet from the attic room?
(a) She suspects Griet and Vermeer are having an affair.
(b) She thinks the attic is unsafe.
(c) The nurse is moving out.
(d) She wants Griet to build a better relationship with Cornelia.

5. Who would be in the portrait with Griet for van Ruijven?
(a) Catharina.
(b) Nobody.
(c) Cornelia.
(d) Van Ruijven's wife.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Vermeer asked Griet to bring Catharina a glass of wine, what was she wearing?

2. How did Pieter act toward Griet after they have sex?

3. When the portrait was finished, how did Griet and Vermeer both feel?

4. Whom did Griet stand in for as a model?

5. When did Vermeer convert to his current religion?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did Vermeer decide to paint Griet?

2. When Griet visits the Vermeers ten years later, in what condition is the family?

3. Why did Vermeer want to see the portrait of Griet one last time?

4. How did Griet feel after Vermeer saw her hair?

5. What did Cornelia do with the tortoise shell combs?

6. What does Griet's hair symbolize?

7. Why did Catharina seem to fear Griet?

8. Did Pieter understand Griet?

9. How did rumors of Griet appearing in one of Vermeer's paintings affect her relationships?

10. What is the purpose of the final chapter of the novel?

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