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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Four: "The Guilder and the Doll" - Part Five: "Nova Hollandia".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. From what source does the author provide both of the text's epigraphs?
(a) Cotton Mather's The Invisible World.
(b) The 95 Theses.
(c) The King James Bible.
(d) The Magna Carta.

2. What is NOT another meaning of the French word "Enceinte" (257) in addition to its meaning of being pregnant, according to Marin?
(a) A surround.
(b) A wall.
(c) A cage.
(d) A trap.

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

4. How does Nella go about contacting the miniaturist to request an order?
(a) She sends Otto to deliver a verbal message to the miniaturist.
(b) She slips a letter under the miniaturist's door.
(c) She sends Cornelia to deliver a verbal message to the miniaturist.
(d) She goes and meets with the miniaturist in person at his shop.

5. What is NOT a way in which Marin's manner is described just after Frans's menacing announcement?
(a) Reluctantly hopeful.
(b) Limp.
(c) Dead-eyed.
(d) With a spiritless voice.

Short Answer Questions

1. With what material does Nella find Johannes had covered the sugar loaves?

2. When Nella turns away from watching Johannes's barge leave, whom does she see standing by the bend of the canal?

3. Where does Marin say Johannes's homosexuality resides?

4. What does Marin say about hope when she and Nella are discussing Johannes's dire situation?

5. Which doll from the cabinet house does Marin throw into the street over the protests of Nella?

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