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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 aspect of Tanneke's personality moved Griet after she talked to Pieter?

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

3. What was Griet's first chore at her new home?

4. Why was Griet unable to sleep on her first night in the new home?

5. Whom did Griet find to tell that her sister was sick?

Short Essay Questions

1. What role did Griet serve as a servant?

2. Who was Cornelia Vermeer?

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

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

5. What did Griet think about the camera obscura?

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

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

8. What connection did Griet and Vermeer have immediately?

9. Who was Tanneke?

10. How did Griet feel after cleaning out the studio?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What role does dissatisfaction play in the lives of the main characters in the novel? How and why is Griet dissatisfied? How does she show this?

Essay Topic 2

Why does Griet decide to stand up for Vermeer's paintings against her family? Is she right to do so?

Essay Topic 3

How does the Vermeer family background affect Griet? How does the background of the family influence Griet to behave in certain ways?

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