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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part One: "Study" - Part Two: "Tales" .

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Nella muses that unlike Marin, her husband Johannes always gives her what type of answer?
(a) Thoughtful.
(b) Realistic.
(c) Interesting.
(d) Satisfactory.

2. When Johannes kisses Nella for the first time, what happens to interrupt their kiss?
(a) Peebo starts to make noise.
(b) He touches the back of her neck.
(c) She puts her hand on his breeches.
(d) Marin walks into the room.

3. What does Johannes tell Nella that no one can really do with his wealth?
(a) Locate it.
(b) Hide it.
(c) Appreciate it.
(d) Touch it.

4. What is Marin's reply to the specific culinary request Nella makes upon her arrival at the Brandt house?
(a) She says that dairy foods corrupt the bodily functions.
(b) She says that figs and sour cream foster gluttony.
(c) She says that herring is a living being that should not be consumed.
(d) She says that sugar makes people's souls grow sick.

5. Whom does Nella see engaging in oral sex with Johannes when she visits his work?
(a) Frans.
(b) Otto.
(c) The miniaturist.
(d) Jack.

Short Answer Questions

1. What physical injury does Marin inflict on Nella when she finds Nella snooping within the library?

2. Who drags Nella out of the room after Nella discovers Johannes engaged in oral sex with someone else?

3. What is NOT a symptom of her father's dwindling financial status listed by Nella?

4. What were Johannes and Frans both doing when they first met?

5. Nella recalls that her father had been both wary and what of Amsterdam's wealth and power?

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