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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 role does Ruth take in Schoonmaker's household?
(a) She fetches new paints for him.
(b) She gathers flowers for him every day.
(c) She paints copies of his paintings.
(d) She sits so he can paint her.

2. What has allegedly happened to Jack Fisher?
(a) He has been killed by a mob.
(b) He will be joining the Fisher family later.
(c) He left the family in poverty.
(d) No one really knows.

3. What health problems does Henrika begin to develop in Chapter 2?
(a) She has such bad pains in her legs that she can't walk anymore.
(b) She begins to lose her eyesight.
(c) She begins to have a very difficult pregnancy.
(d) She begins to go insane.

4. How much of the van den Meers' fortune was lost in Clara's kidnapping as a young child?
(a) Half.
(b) One-third.
(c) Nearly everything.
(d) Nothing; they got Clara back before a ransom was paid.

5. What item does Iris actually steal in the marketplace?
(a) Some meat.
(b) A loaf of bread.
(c) A fish.
(d) A pear.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How do Margarethe, Ruth, and Iris plan on getting dresses for the ball?

3. What does Caspar accuse Ruth of doing at the ball?

4. After the Master's painting is met with great success, what does he ask Margarethe?

5. What worries Iris about the Master's "I am going to ruin you yet" comment while he is working on his painting of Clara?

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