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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Three: "Escape" - Part Four: "The Actor".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind of clock is in Nella's bedroom?
(a) A cuckoo clock.
(b) A golden pendulum clock.
(c) A silver pendulum clock.
(d) A brass pendulum clock.

2. What does Cornelia tell Nella that no woman can do?
(a) Run a business.
(b) Own property.
(c) Keep a secret.
(d) Be an apprentice.

3. What is Marin's reply when Nella asks about Bergen, Norway?
(a) She says that all they do there is rob tourists.
(b) She says that all they do there is hang thieves.
(c) She says that all they do there is herd sheep.
(d) She says that all they do there is trade fish.

4. Within what experience does Marin say people's truest selves are found?
(a) Joy.
(b) Prayer.
(c) Faith.
(d) Suffering.

5. What holiday is the sixth of December in Seventeenth-Century Holland?
(a) King's Birthday.
(b) St. Crispin's Day.
(c) St. Nicholas's Day.
(d) National Remembrance Day.

Short Answer Questions

1. Nella muses that unlike Marin, her husband Johannes always gives her what type of answer?

2. What does Marin do after Frans announces his intentions to ruin Johannes?

3. For what job does Johannes tell Marin he has hired Jack?

4. From what language does Johannes say the dogs' names are culled?

5. What is NOT another meaning of the French word "Enceinte" (257) in addition to its meaning of being pregnant, according to Marin?

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