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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 illness is spreading around Haarlem?
(a) The flu.
(b) Some kind of unknown cancer.
(c) Some kind of contagious mental illness that makes people go insane.
(d) The plague.

2. What signal does Marie de Medici give to the prince to tell him he should move on to other ladies while meeting everyone?
(a) A poke in the side.
(b) A slight cough.
(c) A little handwritten note.
(d) A kick under the table.

3. What is the name of the painting the Master creates for van den Meer?
(a) Clara, My Beloved.
(b) Young Woman with Tulips.
(c) Girl with Flowers by a Window.
(d) Young Woman with Two Lips.

4. What good news does van den Meer receive from an investment partner about his investment?
(a) That most of his rare books somehow survived a fire.
(b) That his paintings are still safe in the museum.
(c) That the jewels have been found.
(d) That the ship has only been delayed, not lost.

5. What does Clara believe happened at the windmill?
(a) She was turned into a changeling there.
(b) She was born there.
(c) She used to help her father sell flowers there as a child.
(d) She used to play there with her father when she was very little.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Marie de Medici lose her power?

2. How is Clarissa of Aragaon's arrival met by the crowd?

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

4. Why does Margarethe tell Iris that she is better off being ugly?

5. What does Margarethe think is increasing as her sight begins decreasing?

(see the answer key)

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