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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Griet do with her wages after her first week?

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

3. What was Griet able to tell about the visitors just from the timbre of their voices?

4. Who was the only one to speak kindly to Griet after her sister died?

5. When Griet saw herself in Vermeer's mirror, what did she think of herself?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Griet think about the camera obscura?

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

3. What did the splitting of the tile symbolize?

4. Who was Pieter, the butcher?

5. What was Griet's first impression of the Vermeer family?

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

7. How did Griet's idea of Vermeer's art differ from Catharina's?

8. What did Vermeer and Catharina often fight about?

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

10. What role does the theme of life and death play in Girl with a Pearl Earring?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What role does religion play in both dividing and bringing together characters? What role does religion play in creating a plot for Girl with a Pearl Earring?

Essay Topic 2

What role does the value of art play in Girl with a Pearl Earring? Which characters value art? How can the reader tell?

Essay Topic 3

What is the most important thing to Vermeer? How does the reader know?

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