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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. From what language does Johannes say the dogs' names are culled?
(a) Scandinavian.
(b) Sanskrit.
(c) Sumatran.
(d) German.

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

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

4. What event is taking place during the novel's prologue?
(a) A baptism.
(b) A funeral.
(c) A birthday celebration.
(d) A wedding.

5. Nella muses that unlike Marin, her husband Johannes always gives her what type of answer?
(a) Thoughtful.
(b) Satisfactory.
(c) Interesting.
(d) Realistic.

6. What items cover the walls of Johannes's study?
(a) Fashion design sketches.
(b) Maps.
(c) Interior design sketches.
(d) Political pamphlets.

7. How does Nella feel after any conversation with Agnes?
(a) Exhausted.
(b) Angry.
(c) Inspired.
(d) Energized.

8. Who drags Nella out of the room after Nella discovers Johannes engaged in oral sex with someone else?
(a) Johannes.
(b) Otto.
(c) Marin.
(d) Cornelia.

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

10. What does Marin say that her society does to homosexuals like Johannes?
(a) She says they are stripped of all property and business.
(b) She says they burn them.
(c) She says they drown them.
(d) She says they excommunicate them.

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

12. What is NOT a symptom of her father's dwindling financial status listed by Nella?
(a) The soup had thinned.
(b) The family had no longer drunk wine.
(c) The servants had fallen away.
(d) The meat had gotten scraggier.

13. What does Agnes insist that Nella call her?
(a) Agnes.
(b) Madame.
(c) Aggie.
(d) Nessa.

14. What food item does Nella specifically request from Marin upon her arrival at the Brandt house?
(a) Figs and sour cream.
(b) Marzipan.
(c) Herring.
(d) Cheese.

15. What does Johannes tell Nella that no one can really do with his wealth?
(a) Touch it.
(b) Hide it.
(c) Appreciate it.
(d) Locate it.

Short Answer Questions

1. For what purpose does Nella remove her shoes in the doorway of her new home upon her arrival?

2. Where does Marin say Johannes's homosexuality resides?

3. Marin threatens Nella, saying that if Nella leaves the cabinet house empty, she will turn Johannes's gift into a crime of what?

4. In order for Johannes to feel his wife's encouragement, what plan does Nella make?

5. When Nella compares Assendelft with Amsterdam, what does she decide is the only thing she can currently call her own?

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