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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Four: "The Guilder and the Doll" - Part Five: "Nova Hollandia".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What holiday is the sixth of December in Seventeenth-Century Holland?
(a) King's Birthday.
(b) St. Crispin's Day.
(c) St. Nicholas's Day.
(d) National Remembrance Day.

2. Agnes tells Nella that Johannes and Frans met when they were how old?
(a) 28.
(b) 12.
(c) 18.
(d) 22.

3. Who does NOT lend a hand in the preparations of Marin's body for her funeral?
(a) Lysbeth.
(b) Nella.
(c) Cornelia.
(d) Otto.

4. What is NOT one of the items Nella requests in her first order from the miniaturist?
(a) A lute.
(b) A dog.
(c) A betrothal cup.
(d) A piece of marzipan.

5. Marin threatens Nella, saying that if Nella leaves the cabinet house empty, she will turn Johannes's gift into a crime of what?
(a) Gluttony.
(b) Larceny.
(c) Profligacy.
(d) Sloth.

Short Answer Questions

1. Of whose funeral does Marin's memorial service remind Nella?

2. How does Nella injure herself the night of her first kiss with Johannes?

3. What emotion does Nella admit feeling when she realizes that she will never engage in sexual activity within her marriage?

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

5. During Nella's argument with Frans, what object does he notice Nella holding, causing him to tell her to put it away?

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