Girl with a Pearl Earring Test | Mid-Book Test - Hard

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 110 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

Girl with a Pearl Earring Test | Mid-Book Test - Hard

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 110 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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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 many days did it take to prepare the celebration feast for the new baby?

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

3. Who caught Griet inspecting the wooden box?

4. How did Griet overstep her boundaries with Vermeer?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Who was Cornelia Vermeer?

2. Who was Pieter, the butcher?

3. What family problems did Griet experience at her family's home?

4. Who was Tanneke?

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

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

7. What did Vermeer and Griet bond over?

8. What did Griet think about the camera obscura?

9. What role did competition play in Griet's time at the Vermeer home?

10. What kind of pressure was Vermeer under?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In what ways does Chevalier create and release tension in the reader?

Essay Topic 2

What does Griet's hidden hair symbolize? What happens when her hair is unleashed? Why does her hair represent sexuality?

Essay Topic 3

What happens when Griet's hair is exposed to Vermeer? How does this one event change her so much? Why does she become so affected by it?

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