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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Two: "Eight Dolls" - "Part Three: "Souls and Purses".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What falls from between the pages of a book when Nella is snooping around in the library?
(a) A property deed.
(b) A love note.
(c) A last will and testament.
(d) A handwritten RSVP.

2. Where does Marin say Johannes's homosexuality resides?
(a) In his soul.
(b) In his heart.
(c) In the throes of his lust.
(d) In his imagination.

3. What holiday is the sixth of December in Seventeenth-Century Holland?
(a) National Remembrance Day.
(b) King's Birthday.
(c) St. Nicholas's Day.
(d) St. Crispin's Day.

4. Which doll from the cabinet house does Marin throw into the street over the protests of Nella?
(a) Marin.
(b) Johannes.
(c) Nella.
(d) Jack.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Johannes tell Nella that no one can really do with his wealth?

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

3. What does Marin say that her society does to homosexuals like Johannes?

4. What does Nella do when she sees Johannes engaged in a sex act with someone else?

5. For how many days does Nella pretend to sleep when Marin comes to sit on the end of the bed?

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