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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5 The Ball.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What worries Iris about the Master's "I am going to ruin you yet" comment while he is working on his painting of Clara?
(a) She worries he is planning to kill Mr. Van den Meer.
(b) She thinks he is going to commit suicide.
(c) She thinks he is referring to Margarethe.
(d) She doesn't know to whom he is referring.

2. What argument does Margarethe use to convince van den Meer that he should marry her?
(a) That it would be best for Clara and her reputation.
(b) That she will otherwise not stay to just cook and clean for free.
(c) That she has a family inheritance of her own.
(d) That she loves him very much.

3. Who is Luykas?
(a) Mr. van den Meer; it's his Christian name.
(b) Ruth's father.
(c) Schoonmaker's long-lost son.
(d) Iris's father.

4. After Henrika's death, what is her portrait replaced with in the van den Meers' household?
(a) The portrait of Clara.
(b) A portrait of tulips.
(c) Henrika's portrait is never replaced.
(d) A portrait of Margarethe.

5. What does Iris find most frustrating about her apprenticeship on the first day?
(a) That she has no interest in a religious life after all.
(b) That she cannot immediately draw well.
(c) That she is worse with a needle and thread than she originally thought.
(d) That she is far more advanced than the town baker.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the Master respond to the success of his painting of Clara?

2. What piece of information does Clara have about the windmill that makes Iris believe her story?

3. When Clara is young and throwing fits, which character is the only person who is able to pull her out of her fitful state?

4. What reaction does Clara have to the windmill?

5. Who is The Queen of the Hairy-Chinned Gypsies?

(see the answer key)

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