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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Three: "Escape" - Part Four: "The Actor".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is NOT an element Nella understands to be one of the terms of her new marriage?
(a) A lively social life.
(b) Enormous wealth.
(c) A lifetime of being untouched.
(d) A friendship with Johannes.

2. What does Nella do when she sees Johannes engaged in a sex act with someone else?
(a) She screams.
(b) She becomes catatonic.
(c) She faints.
(d) She runs away.

3. When Nella compares Assendelft with Amsterdam, what does she decide is the only thing she can currently call her own?
(a) Johannes.
(b) The cabinet house.
(c) Peebo the parakeet.
(d) The miniaturist.

4. What does Johannes tell Nella about comfort?
(a) That it is dangerous.
(b) That it is life's greatest gift.
(c) That no one can rely on it.
(d) That it is hard to find.

5. For how many years has Johannes had Rezeki at the time of her death?
(a) 3.
(b) 8.
(c) 4.
(d) 12.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the purpose of the Meermans' visit to the Brandt household on the night Nella performs music?

2. Agnes tells Nella that Johannes and Frans met when they were how old?

3. What reason does Marin give Nella when she tells Nella not to follow Johannes to the Stadhuis?

4. In what month of 1687 does Part Four begin?

5. When Johannes tells Marin to stop acting like she owns the household, what reason does he give?

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