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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What were Johannes and Frans both doing when they first met?

2. What is Marin's reply when Nella asks about Bergen, Norway?

3. What is the characteristic feature that helps everyone in the Brandt household distinguish between their dogs Rezeki and Dhana?

4. What is NOT a reason listed among Nella's reasons for accepting Johannes's marriage proposal?

5. What instrument does Nella play during the performance for the Meermanses?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Johannes's reply when Nella asks him whether they are rich?

2. For what reason does Marin always insist on taking the Brandt household's dogs to church?

3. How does Nella characterize the people in her life in relation to dwelling on the past?

4. What is the significance of Nella's lute performance during the Meermans' visit?

5. What does Nella mean when she opines that "home is nowhere" (114) for her now?

6. What is Otto's history?

7. Describe Nella's first kiss with Johannes.

8. What is Nella's marital status when she first arrives at the Brandt home?

9. What does Nella mean when she muses that Marin and Johannes are obsessed with "souls and purses" (27)?

10. Describe Marin's character.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is the novel's message regarding the role of religion in Seventeenth-Century Holland?

Essay Topic 2

What is the author's message regarding motherhood and femininity and what themes does the author employ in order to send these messages to the reader?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss how and why the author instills three different humanist messages into the narrative of The Miniaturist.

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