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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Marin say about hope when she and Nella are discussing Johannes's dire situation?
(a) It is not to be wasted.
(b) It will only lead to heartbreak.
(c) It is the only thing keeping people alive.
(d) It is dangerous.

2. What does Marin say when Nella takes the glass from her hand after Nella has found her sobbing?
(a) She tells Nella that she would not have drunk the mixture.
(b) She tells Nella that she no longer wants to live.
(c) She tells Nella that the baby will be better off dead.
(d) She tells Nella that she should mind her own business.

3. What is NOT an element Nella understands to be one of the terms of her new marriage?
(a) A friendship with Johannes.
(b) A lifetime of being untouched.
(c) A lively social life.
(d) Enormous wealth.

4. Before going to visit the miniaturist at night, what item does Nella place around the Nella doll's tiny neck?
(a) The miniature dog collar.
(b) The miniature key.
(c) The miniature scarf.
(d) The miniature rope.

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

6. What is NOT a characteristic of the Brandt house that Nella lists as she returns from following Otto?
(a) She can hear the sounds of dogs barking.
(b) She can hear a woman screaming.
(c) She cannot hear any human voices.
(d) The front door is wide open.

7. What does Cornelia tell Nella that no woman can do?
(a) Run a business.
(b) Own property.
(c) Be an apprentice.
(d) Keep a secret.

8. Nella considers taking what action now that Jack has disappeared?
(a) Hiring a permanent nanny.
(b) Hiring a permanent cook.
(c) Hiring a permanent doorman.
(d) Hiring a permanent guard dog.

9. What is NOT a way in which Marin's manner is described just after Frans's menacing announcement?
(a) Dead-eyed.
(b) Reluctantly hopeful.
(c) With a spiritless voice.
(d) Limp.

10. What is NOT something that happens when the St. George Militia arrives at the Brandt house?
(a) The soldiers force their way into the house.
(b) A guard tells Cornelia to fetch her master.
(c) They hammer on the front door.
(d) A guard tells Otto to fetch his master.

11. When Nella tells Johannes that she will miss him, he reminds her that she has which person for company?
(a) Cornelia.
(b) Otto.
(c) The miniaturist.
(d) Marin.

12. 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?
(a) For progress.
(b) For love.
(c) For restoration.
(d) For affection.

13. What is NOT another meaning of the French word "Enceinte" (257) in addition to its meaning of being pregnant, according to Marin?
(a) A wall.
(b) A trap.
(c) A surround.
(d) A cage.

14. What does Johannes tell Nella about comfort?
(a) That no one can rely on it.
(b) That it is hard to find.
(c) That it is life's greatest gift.
(d) That it is dangerous.

15. What is NOT a characteristic of Jack's that Marin lists as reasons he will not go to the authorities about Otto's actions?
(a) He is proud.
(b) He is English.
(c) He is a sodomite.
(d) He used to be an actor.

Short Answer Questions

1. For what transgression does Jack reveal he has visited the Brandt house this day with violent intentions?

2. The doll resembling Nella has what kind of look on its face?

3. Whom does Nella take with her for protection when she goes to the Eastern Islands alone?

4. On what day does Johannes allow Otto and Cornelia "to dress up like lords and eat at his table" (183)?

5. With what material does Nella find Johannes had covered the sugar loaves?

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