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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. Before going to visit the miniaturist at night, what item does Nella place around the Nella doll's tiny neck?

2. Who is the only person to see Johannes off when he tries to flee from Amsterdam?

3. Which doll from the cabinet house does Marin throw into the street over the protests of Nella?

4. Nella remarks that she wants to ask "so many questions" (259) about Marin's pregnancy, but she does not ask any for what reason?

5. 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?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Nella do as a sign of goodwill toward Johannes when he leaves for Venice and what is his reaction?

2. What happens when the militia arrives in Part Three: "Horseshoe"?

3. Where does Nella go in Part Four: "Spores"? Why?

4. How do Nella's feelings about privacy change over time within the Brandt household?

5. When Nella detects a tenderness and genuine friendship developing between herself and Johannes, what is her reaction?

6. What act does Johannes tell Marin he has undertaken for her and "against the counsel" (219) of his soul?

7. What is the implication of Jack's charge against Johannes in Part Three: "Horseshoe"?

8. Why do Nella and Marin argue in Part Four: “Verkeerspel"?

9. For what reason does Hanna have to destroy all of the bakery's gingerbread families?

10. What does Marin say the truth is about Frans and her in the past in Part Four: “Verkeerspel"?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is the function of Marin's character within the novel? Discuss the characterization methods used by the author in depicting Marin and include in your discussion the reasons that the author portrays her in these particular ways.

Essay Topic 2

Sensory details are used frequently by the author in order to create vivid pictures of Nella's world in Seventeenth-Century Holland. Choose three scenes in which sensory details are heavily used and discuss how the sensory details used by the author set a particular mood for each of the three scenes.

Essay Topic 3

How is the topic of persecution treated within the novel and how is the author's treatment of the subject related to the book's depicted setting of Seventeenth-Century Holland?

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