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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Two: "Eight Dolls" - "Part Three: "Souls and Purses".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Within what experience does Marin say people's truest selves are found?
(a) Faith.
(b) Joy.
(c) Suffering.
(d) Prayer.

2. Whom does Nella discover taking a late-night bath in the Brandt house as Nella leaves to visit the miniaturist?
(a) Otto.
(b) Johannes.
(c) Marin.
(d) Jack.

3. What is the purpose of the Meermans' visit to the Brandt household on the night Nella performs music?
(a) So that the Meermans can taste the Brandts' sugar.
(b) So that the Brandts can taste Cornelia's raspberry cordial.
(c) So that the Brandts can taste the Meermans' sugar.
(d) So that the Meermans can taste Otto's braised rabbit.

4. In her frustration, Nella thinks to herself at one point that whenever she searches for the miniaturist, she finds only what instead?
(a) Pain.
(b) Anxiety.
(c) Herself.
(d) Clues.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who drags Nella out of the room after Nella discovers Johannes engaged in oral sex with someone else?

2. What does Nella do when she sees Johannes engaged in a sex act with someone else?

3. What is NOT an element Nella understands to be one of the terms of her new marriage?

4. When Marin decides that the cabinet house is too large to stay in the hall, where does she put it?

5. From what language does Johannes say the dogs' names are culled?

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