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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What instrument does Nella play during the performance for the Meermanses?
(a) Lute.
(b) Xylophone.
(c) Piano.
(d) Trumpet.

2. How does Nella go about contacting the miniaturist to request an order?
(a) She goes and meets with the miniaturist in person at his shop.
(b) She sends Otto to deliver a verbal message to the miniaturist.
(c) She sends Cornelia to deliver a verbal message to the miniaturist.
(d) She slips a letter under the miniaturist's door.

3. How many dogs reside within the Brandt household?
(a) Two.
(b) Three.
(c) One.
(d) Four.

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

5. How does Nella come to own the cabinet house?
(a) She finds it in the attic of the Brandt house and claims it as her own.
(b) It is a wedding present from Marin.
(c) It is a wedding present from Nella's mother.
(d) It is a wedding present from Johannes.

6. When Johannes kisses Nella for the first time, what happens to interrupt their kiss?
(a) He touches the back of her neck.
(b) She puts her hand on his breeches.
(c) Peebo starts to make noise.
(d) Marin walks into the room.

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

8. Over what action does Nella feel shame after she finds out that the miniaturist is a woman?
(a) For assuming that women cannot be craftspeople.
(b) For sending the miniaturist a bottle of cologne.
(c) For thinking of the miniaturist as an old man with a beard.
(d) For addressing the miniaturist as a Sir in her correspondence.

9. What feeling does Nella have upon first arriving at the Brandt house when no one will answer the door?
(a) She feels as if she should run away.
(b) She feels as if she is being watched.
(c) She feels as if she is being made fun of.
(d) She feels as if the whole neighborhood is staring at her.

10. 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 the Meermans' sugar.
(c) So that the Meermans can taste Otto's braised rabbit.
(d) So that the Brandts can taste Cornelia's raspberry cordial.

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

12. For what job does Johannes tell Marin he has hired Jack?
(a) To help Cornelia scour the pots.
(b) To deliver messages.
(c) To rehabilitate the gardens.
(d) To guard the sugar.

13. From what source does the author provide both of the text's epigraphs?
(a) The Magna Carta.
(b) The King James Bible.
(c) The 95 Theses.
(d) Cotton Mather's The Invisible World.

14. Who is the only person in Nella's life who enjoys bringing up and discussing the past?
(a) Agnes.
(b) Nella's mother.
(c) Johannes.
(d) Nella's father.

15. Nella recalls that her father had been both wary and what of Amsterdam's wealth and power?
(a) Hopeful.
(b) Fearful.
(c) Awed.
(d) Curious.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is NOT an expectation of life in the Brandt household that Nella says she would do anything to remove from her head?

2. What mode of transportation do Nella and Johannes use to get to the Silversmiths Guild feast?

3. Whom does Nella see engaging in oral sex with Johannes when she visits his work?

4. What is the main difference Nella sees between the maids back in Assendelft and Cornelia?

5. What does Johannes tell Nella that no one can really do with his wealth?

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