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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. What does Rezeki's name mean?
(a) Fortune.
(b) Mercy.
(c) Good will.
(d) Excellence.

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

3. When Nella compares Assendelft with Amsterdam, what does she decide is the only thing she can currently call her own?
(a) Peebo the parakeet.
(b) The cabinet house.
(c) Johannes.
(d) The miniaturist.

4. What is NOT a characteristic named by Nella when she describes the mysterious woman staring at her from nearby the miniaturist's door?
(a) Ice blue eyes.
(b) A scrutinizing gaze focused on Nella's face.
(c) Blond, uncovered hair.
(d) Brown eyes that are almost orange.

5. What task has Cornelia been forced to undertake for weeks prior to Nella's arrival, causing Nella to worry that Cornelia will hold the task against her indefinitely?
(a) Embroidering the linens and pillows with Nella's monogram.
(b) Sewing Nella a wardrobe of new dresses.
(c) Building a cabinet house.
(d) Refinishing the floors in Nella's rooms.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Marin say that her society does to homosexuals like Johannes?

2. What object does Marin say that her family has that Nella's family does not, even though Nella's family has an "ancient pedigree" (12)?

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

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

5. Agnes tells Nella that Johannes and Frans met when they were how old?

(see the answer key)

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