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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What family scene does Ruth think would have made a good painting?
(a) The sight of Clara's children playing.
(b) Clara's tattered dress.
(c) Margarethe's blinded eyes.
(d) The burned palace the evening of the ball.

2. Who took over the Master's studio when he passed away?
(a) Iris.
(b) Clara.
(c) Caspar.
(d) The Queen of the Hairy-Chinned Gypsies.

3. What does Clara yell at Nicolaes van Stolk as she departs her house en route to the ball?
(a) "Catch me if you can."
(b) "Wait for me, dear friend, until I return again."
(c) "It is the crow."
(d) "I will never love you."

4. Who insists on introducing Ruth and Iris to the prince?
(a) Dame Pruyn.
(b) Caspar.
(c) Clara.
(d) Schoonmaker.

5. Which item is van Stolk most interested in in the van den Meers' household?
(a) The nice pots and pans in the kitchen.
(b) Margarethe.
(c) Van den Meer's amazing library of unique books.
(d) The Young Woman with Tulips painting.

6. How is Clarissa of Aragaon's arrival met by the crowd?
(a) With awe.
(b) With shouts of excitement.
(c) With no fanfare at all.
(d) With anger.

7. Why does Clara tell the queen she is hiding her face?
(a) Because she gets sunburned easily.
(b) Because she is Catholic.
(c) Because she is horribly disfigured.
(d) Because she is allergic to the flowers.

8. What changes about Clara's dress after the ball?
(a) It somehow glows even more.
(b) It suddenly becomes too small, almost choking her.
(c) It suddenly becomes too big.
(d) It is in complete tatters.

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

10. As they prepare for the ball, what does Margarethe demand Iris fill the house with?
(a) The finest perfumes available in town.
(b) The smell of incense.
(c) Beautiful dresses for them to try to choose from.
(d) Tulips in vases.

11. What does Margarethe think is increasing as her sight begins decreasing?
(a) Her insight.
(b) Her sense of smell.
(c) Her psychic abilities.
(d) Her sense of taste.

12. What causes Cornelius to become so depressed?
(a) No one really knows for sure.
(b) His failing business venture.
(c) His unhappy marriage to Margarethe.
(d) An accident in the kitchen that left Clara horribly scarred.

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

14. Who is the ball's guest of honor?
(a) The mayor of Haarlem.
(b) The Master.
(c) Philippe de Marsillac.
(d) Van den Meer.

15. How many children does Clara end up having?
(a) Three.
(b) Two.
(c) One.
(d) Four.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the narrator of the Epilogue?

2. How does Ruth react when the Master says, at the ball, that he wishes Margarethe would have burned his painting?

3. What key item did Clara leave behind at the ball?

4. What piece of furniture does the queen complain about while at the ball?

5. What signal does Marie de Medici give to the prince to tell him he should move on to other ladies while meeting everyone?

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