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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 feeling does Nella have upon first arriving at the Brandt house when no one will answer the door?
2. From what source does the author provide both of the text's epigraphs?
3. When Nella realizes that she has not sent her unwanted items along with the note to the miniaturist, what does she do with them?
4. What instrument had Nella played for Johannes during their very brief courtship?
5. Marin tells Nella that women can do nothing, and that only if they are very lucky can they even do what?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does Nella feel when Marin reveals that she has known all along that her brother Johannes is gay?
2. What is ironic about Nella's mother's comment that there is only one kind of wife?
3. How does Nella characterize the people in her life in relation to dwelling on the past?
4. What are the circumstances of Nella's arrival at the Brandt house that are troubling to her?
5. For what reason does Nella decide to visit Johannes at his work?
6. Describe Marin's character.
7. What warning does Otto issue to Nella concerning her parakeet and Marin?
8. What is Otto's history?
9. What does Nella mean when she opines that "home is nowhere" (114) for her now?
10. For what reason does Marin always insist on taking the Brandt household's dogs to church?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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 2
Discuss the author's choice to tell the story of The Miniaturist using the third-person omniscient point of view. What elements of the novel's themes lend themselves to this choice and what are the author's intended effects on the reader?
Essay Topic 3
Analyze the novel The Miniaturist from an Existential perspective. What elements of life does it suggest hold the most meaning and why?
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