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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. 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) Building a cabinet house.
(b) Embroidering the linens and pillows with Nella's monogram.
(c) Sewing Nella a wardrobe of new dresses.
(d) Refinishing the floors in Nella's rooms.

2. Marin tells Nella that women can do nothing, and that only if they are very lucky can they even do what?
(a) Retain their dignity.
(b) Fix the mistakes others make.
(c) Have children.
(d) Please their husbands.

3. The doll resembling Nella has what kind of look on its face?
(a) Surprised.
(b) Angry.
(c) Brooding.
(d) Elated.

4. How does Nella injure herself the night of her first kiss with Johannes?
(a) She falls out of bed and hits her head.
(b) She kicks the leg of the cabinet house.
(c) She stumbles on the last two stairs down to the kitchen.
(d) She bangs her hip into a table on her way out of the room.

5. What is the final object through which Jack pushes his dagger before he leaves the Brandt house?
(a) Dhana's belly.
(b) A sheet.
(c) A painting.
(d) Rezeki's skull.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the first object through which Jack pushes his dagger while inside the Brandt house?

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

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

4. What is NOT a characteristic named by Nella when she describes the mysterious woman staring at her from nearby the miniaturist's door?

5. What reason does Nella cite to Johannes when he is touched by the item she has placed in her hair the night of his departure to Venice?

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