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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What advice does the narrator wish had been given to Clara?
(a) That the young should be careful.
(b) That beauty eventually fades.
(c) That she shouldn't be so shy about her face.
(d) That things usually work out for the best.

3. What piece of furniture does the queen complain about while at the ball?
(a) A creaking dance floor.
(b) An ugly piano.
(c) A wooden chair.
(d) A stinky sofa.

4. What color dress does Iris wear to the ball?
(a) Black.
(b) Lavender.
(c) Gold.
(d) Red.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Clara end up getting all of her wealth from?

2. Why does Clara decline at first to dance with the prince?

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

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

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Caspar referring to when he initially tells Iris that she hopes she will not marry "the wrong man"?

2. In the Epilogue, what does Ruth surmise happened to the greedy van Stolk?

3. What message is the Master trying to convey when he asks, after showing Margarethe his paintings of hideous people, what she knows about charitable stories from the Bible?

4. What causes the prince to be initially interested in Iris?

5. While at the ball, what do Iris and the Master decide is more permanent than beauty?

6. Why is Margarethe in such shock when Ruth speaks the word "Ashgirl" when referring to Clara?

7. What reason does Ruth give for why she often appears inconsequential and stupid in the retelling of the story?

8. What does Margarethe suspect is so wrong with the prince that his aunt, the queen, has to set something like the ball up to help him find a wife?

9. What skill does Clara and Iris count on Caspar using when he goes in search of a dress for Iris for the big ball?

10. What exactly does Margarethe believe happens to her eyes after she has seen the Master's horrible paintings?

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