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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. How many dolls total are left on the front step of the Brandt household?
(a) Six.
(b) Four.
(c) Eight.
(d) Three.

2. In order for Johannes to feel his wife's encouragement, what plan does Nella make?
(a) She plans to sit him down so they can discuss their sexual problems openly.
(b) She plans to make him a special shirt.
(c) She plans to visit Johannes at his work.
(d) She plans to write him a list of all the ways she loves him.

3. Who is the focus of the event taking place within the novel's prologue?
(a) Nella and Johannes.
(b) Cornelia.
(c) Marin.
(d) Johannes.

4. With whom does Nella have an altercation when she is following Otto and goes into the church?
(a) Frans.
(b) Marin.
(c) Johannes.
(d) Agnes.

5. When Marin does not introduce herself, for whom does Nella mistake her new sister-in-law?
(a) The maid.
(b) The wet nurse.
(c) Nella's mother-in-law.
(d) Johannes's great-aunt.

Short Answer Questions

1. To Nella's surprise, Marin tells her that what object will protect the Brandt household in the face of Johannes's homosexuality?

2. How much younger does Nella decide she is than Marin?

3. 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?

4. What physical injury does Marin inflict on Nella when she finds Nella snooping within the library?

5. What does the narrator list as the one object that "the reformers didn't pull down" (1)?

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