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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. Who is the focus of the event taking place within the novel's prologue?
(a) Cornelia.
(b) Johannes.
(c) Nella and Johannes.
(d) Marin.

2. What event is taking place during the novel's prologue?
(a) A birthday celebration.
(b) A funeral.
(c) A wedding.
(d) A baptism.

3. What does the narrator list as the one object that "the reformers didn't pull down" (1)?
(a) The public market.
(b) The library.
(c) The church roof.
(d) The art museum.

4. When Marin does not introduce herself, for whom does Nella mistake her new sister-in-law?
(a) The maid.
(b) Nella's mother-in-law.
(c) The wet nurse.
(d) Johannes's great-aunt.

5. What is NOT a reason listed among Nella's reasons for accepting Johannes's marriage proposal?
(a) There was no other option that to be a wife.
(b) She found him very handsome.
(c) It would have seemed stupid to say no.
(d) It would have seemed ungrateful to say no.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year does the first chapter of Part One take place?

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

3. What object does Marin refer to as being "early to ripe, early to rot" (15) in reference to Nella's perfume?

4. Over what action does Nella feel shame after she finds out that the miniaturist is a woman?

5. How old is Johannes at the time of his and Nella's wedding?

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