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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 Maria suggest to Vermeer that he paint to make more money?
(a) Create a landscape instead of a portrait.
(b) Include more people in the painting.
(c) Create a painting with larger subjects.
(d) Use more color in the painting.

2. Whom did Griet tell about Cornelia's plotting and scheming?
(a) Catharina.
(b) Tanneke.
(c) Maria.
(d) Vermeer.

3. What is the name of the child who recognizes Griet from the painting?
(a) Johannes.
(b) Jeremiah.
(c) Franciscus.
(d) Frans.

4. What was Catharina really angry about when she saw the portrait?
(a) The maid has worn her pearls.
(b) Griet is beautiful.
(c) Her husband is giving so much attention to Griet.
(d) She has never been seen as beautiful.

5. Who told Catharina that Griet had been assisting Vermeer with his paintings?
(a) Cornelia.
(b) Maria.
(c) Pieter.
(d) Griet.

Short Answer Questions

1. What scene finalized Vermeer's metaphorical ownership of Griet?

2. Why did Griet believe that the backlash from Catharina was not as intense as it should be?

3. What did Griet use to numb her ear?

4. Who beat Cornelia?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What advice did Leeuwenhoek give to Griet?

2. How did Vermeer treat Griet differently after he saw her hair?

3. How did Catharina react to the finished portrait?

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

5. Did Pieter understand Griet?

6. What foreshadowing was evident when the portrait was finished?

7. Why did Griet keep her hair hidden?

8. Why did Vermeer decide to paint Griet?

9. What does Griet's hair symbolize?

10. Was Griet's mother a hypocrite for standing up to the paintings but not to selling out her daughter to marriage?

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