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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4 The Gallery of God's Mistakes.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Caspar promise Iris one morning while she is visiting him and the Master during her work for the van den Meers?
(a) That he will always take care of her and Ruth.
(b) That she will become more beautiful as she gets older, so she should stop worrying all the time.
(c) That Iris will be his apprentice one day.
(d) That he will marry Iris as soon as possible.

2. 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 doesn't know to whom he is referring.
(b) She thinks he is going to commit suicide.
(c) She thinks he is referring to Margarethe.
(d) She worries he is planning to kill Mr. Van den Meer.

3. What item is Iris given to work with on the first day of her apprenticeship?
(a) A seashell.
(b) A piece of red silk.
(c) A personalized bible.
(d) A pound of very stale flour.

4. Why does Clara become so upset when van den Meer tells Margarethe that the hutsepot she makes for Lent is the best he's ever had?
(a) Because he knows that Clara hates hutsepot more than anything.
(b) Because Clara made it herself and wants the credit.
(c) Because it is horrible and Clara knows he is lying.
(d) Because Clara wants her birth mother's dishes to always be remembered as the best.

5. What kind of paintings does Schoonmaker secretly paint?
(a) Modern, abstract paintings.
(b) Paintings of nature.
(c) Paintings with bad words hidden in them.
(d) Paintings of maimed and deformed people.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Caspar?

2. What argument does Margarethe use to convince van den Meer that he should marry her?

3. How is Iris initially described in the novel?

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

5. After the successful unveiling of the painting of Clara, what does Margarethe ask Mr. van den Meer for?

(see the answer key)

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