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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. With whom does Nella have an altercation when she is following Otto and goes into the church?
2. What is NOT an element Nella understands to be one of the terms of her new marriage?
3. The doll resembling Nella has what kind of look on its face?
4. When Johannes tells Marin to stop acting like she owns the household, what reason does he give?
5. Before going to visit the miniaturist at night, what item does Nella place around the Nella doll's tiny neck?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Johannes mean when he says that he has married a child and that he has done it for Marin?
2. When Nella receives eight dolls from the miniaturist, what two items is the doll made in her own likeness holding in its tiny hands? What is the significance of each item?
3. What has changed about Marin's doll in Part Three: "No Anchor"? What does this foreshadow?
4. What happens when the militia arrives in Part Three: "Horseshoe"?
5. What is the implication of Jack's charge against Johannes in Part Three: "Horseshoe"?
6. How do Nella's feelings about privacy change over time within the Brandt household?
7. For what reason is Nella reluctant to share the details of the miniaturist's work with Cornelia?
8. How is the theme of transformation referenced in the scene after Rezeki's death?
9. For what reason does Hanna have to destroy all of the bakery's gingerbread families?
10. What is the significance of the loaf of sugar that Agnes's doll holds in its hand?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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 2
What is the novel's message regarding the role of religion in Seventeenth-Century Holland?
Essay Topic 3
Trace the characterization arc of Nella's character throughout the novel. Discuss whether she is a round or flat character and whether she is a static or dynamic character.
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