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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. Nella asks Frans if it is worth killing his friend for a few what?
(a) Jealousies.
(b) Medals.
(c) Guilders.
(d) Florins.

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

3. When Marin decides that the cabinet house is too large to stay in the hall, where does she put it?
(a) In the conservatory.
(b) In Nella's room.
(c) In the best kitchen.
(d) In the parlor.

4. What is Marin's reply to the specific culinary request Nella makes upon her arrival at the Brandt house?
(a) She says that figs and sour cream foster gluttony.
(b) She says that dairy foods corrupt the bodily functions.
(c) She says that herring is a living being that should not be consumed.
(d) She says that sugar makes people's souls grow sick.

5. For what reason does Nella allow Cornelia to look inside the cabinet house during the scene when Cornelia finds the doll resembling Marin?
(a) She feels sorry for speaking harshly to Cornelia a moment before.
(b) She wants to get another person's opinion about the authenticity of her miniatures.
(c) She does not see Cornelia opening the curtain until it is too late.
(d) She wants to get another person's opinion about the miniaturist's identity.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When Nella gets back to her room after her first kiss with Johannes, what does she do?

3. Marin tells Nella that women can do nothing, and that only if they are very lucky can they even do what?

4. What is the characteristic feature that helps everyone in the Brandt household distinguish between their dogs Rezeki and Dhana?

5. When Nella tells Johannes that she will miss him, he reminds her that she has which person for company?

(see the answer key)

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