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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. Who is van Antum?
(a) A creditor of van den Meer's who wants his money as soon as possible.
(b) A tailor.
(c) A fellow investor of van den Meer's.
(d) A priest.

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

3. How does Clara get home from the ball?
(a) With the help of the Queen of the Hairy-Chinned Gypsies.
(b) Schoonmaker walks her home.
(c) The prince sends her home in his private carriage.
(d) With Caspar, on his large white horse.

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

5. What does Margarethe do to continually manipulate van Stolk and van Antum?
(a) She taunts them with glances and promises of Clara.
(b) She pretends she is wealthier than she is.
(c) She preys on their kindness by always asking for mercy -- and money.
(d) She flirts with them herself, since she knows they have crushes on her.

Short Answer Questions

1. After Margarethe's confession of her crime, where does Clara go?

2. What color dress does Clara wear to the ball?

3. What drink does a servant bring to Clara and Philippe when they are in a private room?

4. What happens to Margarethe after the ball?

5. Which item is van Stolk most interested in in the van den Meers' household?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the Master respond to Clara's vote of confidence at the ball, when she says that she is sure his painting will be picked by the queen?

2. As they are about to depart for the ball, how does Iris react when Clara promises not to take Caspar from her?

3. What memory does Ruth say burdened Iris her entire life?

4. What are two examples of juxtapositioned themes to her family's story that Ruth gives in the Epilogue?

5. During their argument at the ball, how do Iris and the Master call a truce during their argument?

6. As the Epilogue concludes, what kind of painting does Ruth say should be painted of Clara's children?

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

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

10. What does Iris worry will happen to Clara if they are forced to leave the beautiful van den Meer home?

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