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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. How did Griet perceive her own vanity?

2. If Griet were to choose Pieter the Son, what kind of life would she be choosing?

3. What color did Griet lay out for Vermeer to use on the butcher's daughter's skirt?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Who was Pieter, the butcher?

3. What did Griet think about the camera obscura?

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

5. Who was Tanneke?

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

7. What did the splitting of the tile symbolize?

8. Who was Cornelia Vermeer?

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

10. Who was Pieter the Son?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

What role do social and class differences play in creating a divide between some of the characters? How do these differences in class and social status create conflict? How do these differences lead to character development?

Essay Topic 3

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

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