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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part One: "Study" - Part Two: "Tales" .

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Marin threatens Nella, saying that if Nella leaves the cabinet house empty, she will turn Johannes's gift into a crime of what?
(a) Larceny.
(b) Profligacy.
(c) Gluttony.
(d) Sloth.

2. Nella recalls that her father had been both wary and what of Amsterdam's wealth and power?
(a) Curious.
(b) Fearful.
(c) Hopeful.
(d) Awed.

3. What is NOT an expectation of life in the Brandt household that Nella says she would do anything to remove from her head?
(a) Wealth.
(b) Children.
(c) Marriage beds.
(d) True love.

4. What is the main difference Nella sees between the maids back in Assendelft and Cornelia?
(a) Cornelia behaves with much more freedom and familiarity.
(b) Cornelia is treated more like a member of the family than the maids in Assendelft are.
(c) Cornelia is paid three times what the maids in Assendelft are paid.
(d) Cornelia behaves with much more decorum and politeness.

5. What does Marin say that her society does to homosexuals like Johannes?
(a) She says they are stripped of all property and business.
(b) She says they excommunicate them.
(c) She says they burn them.
(d) She says they drown them.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator list as the one object that "the reformers didn't pull down" (1)?

2. When Marin decides that the cabinet house is too large to stay in the hall, where does she put it?

3. What is the main thrust of the note Nella sends to the miniaturist after receiving her first order?

4. How does Nella injure herself the night of her first kiss with Johannes?

5. To Nella's surprise, Marin tells her that what object will protect the Brandt household in the face of Johannes's homosexuality?

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