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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Pieter the Son give Griet to take to her family?

2. What is the role of a maid in Griet's world?

3. How did the pregnant woman react to her husband's attention spent on Griet?

4. What color did Cornelia smear on Griet's apron?

5. What was the butcher's daughter doing in Vermeer's new painting?

Short Essay Questions

1. Was Vermeer protective of Griet?

2. What did Vermeer and Catharina often fight about?

3. How did Griet feel after cleaning out the studio?

4. What role did competition play in Griet's time at the Vermeer home?

5. How is helplessness a theme in Girl with a Pearl Earring?

6. What aspect of Tanneke's personality was Griet moved by?

7. How did Griet's arrival at the Vermeer home go?

8. Why did Griet's mother encourage her to accept Pieter's advances?

9. What were some of the class differences between Griet and the Vermeers?

10. What did Griet think about the camera obscura?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What role do social and class differences play in creating a divide between some of the characters? How do these differences in class and social status create conflict? How do these differences lead to character development?

Essay Topic 2

What happens when Griet's hair is exposed to Vermeer? How does this one event change her so much? Why does she become so affected by it?

Essay Topic 3

Who are the victims in Girl with a Pearl Earring? How might both Griet and Catharina fit into this role?

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