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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How is Marie de Medici described physically?
(a) As both beautiful and exceptionally intelligent.
(b) As very smart and cunning.
(c) As old and overweight -- obese, even.
(d) As beautiful and unusually tall.

2. Who is Clarissa Santiago of Aragon at the ball?
(a) Margarethe's made-up name for Iris.
(b) Clara in disguise.
(c) The daughter of the hosts.
(d) The sister of the prince everyone wants to see.

3. After Margarethe's confession of her crime, where does Clara go?
(a) To live at the Pruyn's.
(b) To live with the prince.
(c) To live with Schoonmaker.
(d) To live with Caspar.

4. Who is the narrator of the Epilogue?
(a) Iris.
(b) Caspar.
(c) Ruth.
(d) Clara.

5. What key item did Iris leave behind at the ball?
(a) Her shoe.
(b) None of these answers is correct.
(c) The key she always wears around her neck.
(d) Her purse.

6. Who warns Clara when van Stolk enters the ball?
(a) Margarethe.
(b) Ruth.
(c) Iris.
(d) Schoonmaker.

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

8. Why does Clara decline at first to dance with the prince?
(a) She lies about having a turned ankle.
(b) She wants to give Iris a chance first.
(c) She only has one shoe on.
(d) She doesn't know how to dance.

9. What happened to the Gallery of God's Mistakes after the Master died?
(a) It was sold for a lot of money.
(b) It was donated to a museum.
(c) It was thrown into a bonfire.
(d) It was passed down for generations.

10. Who does Ruth suspect of kidnapping Clara as a child?
(a) Schoonmaker.
(b) Van Stolk.
(c) Caspar.
(d) Her own father.

11. How does Ruth react when the Master says, at the ball, that he wishes Margarethe would have burned his painting?
(a) She speaks for the first time in the novel.
(b) She spits involuntarily.
(c) She stares coldly at him.
(d) She starts to cry.

12. How do Ruth, Iris, and Margarethe get home from the ball?
(a) By carriage.
(b) They have to walk.
(c) They steal someone else's carriage.
(d) They all pile onto one little horse.

13. What does Caspar accuse Ruth of doing at the ball?
(a) Sabotaging Clara's chance with the prince.
(b) Sabotaging Iris's chance with the prince.
(c) Starting a fire.
(d) Having way too much to drink.

14. What ended up happening to Cornelius's finances?
(a) They never improved.
(b) They continued to get worse and worse.
(c) They were completely dependent on Margarethe's management.
(d) They eventually recovered.

15. What kind of life does Ruth claim Iris led?
(a) A short life.
(b) A sad life.
(c) A rich life.
(d) A regretful life.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does the Master tell Iris he views as responsible for bringing van den Meer to ruin?

2. As they prepare for the ball, what does Margarethe demand Iris fill the house with?

3. What do people spy Philippe doing to Clara when they are in a private room?

4. Why does Margarethe feel that Philippe de Marisllac will be interested in Iris?

5. What changes about Clara's dress after the ball?

(see the answer keys)

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