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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Prologue and Part One: "Outside In" - "Marriage Parties".

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Who delivers the package containing Nella's first miniatures?
(a) Jack.
(b) Otto.
(c) The miniaturist.
(d) Johannes.

4. 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) It would have seemed ungrateful to say no.
(c) It would have seemed stupid to say no.
(d) She found him very handsome.

5. What feeling does Nella have upon first arriving at the Brandt house when no one will answer the door?
(a) She feels as if she is being watched.
(b) She feels as if the whole neighborhood is staring at her.
(c) She feels as if she should run away.
(d) She feels as if she is being made fun of.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Marin says that the Brandts had sent their second best barge after Nella, whom does she say is using the family's best barge?

2. In what action does Nella decide the miniaturist is engaging when sending her items she has not ordered?

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

4. For what purpose does Nella remove her shoes in the doorway of her new home upon her arrival?

5. What is Marin's reply to the specific culinary request Nella makes upon her arrival at the Brandt house?

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