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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. How does Nella go about contacting the miniaturist to request an order?
(a) She goes and meets with the miniaturist in person at his shop.
(b) She sends Otto to deliver a verbal message to the miniaturist.
(c) She slips a letter under the miniaturist's door.
(d) She sends Cornelia to deliver a verbal message to the miniaturist.
2. What instrument had Nella played for Johannes during their very brief courtship?
(a) Piano.
(b) Harp.
(c) Lute.
(d) Harpsichord.
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 trade fish.
(c) She says that all they do there is hang thieves.
(d) She says that all they do there is herd sheep.
4. Over what action does Nella feel shame after she finds out that the miniaturist is a woman?
(a) For assuming that women cannot be craftspeople.
(b) For sending the miniaturist a bottle of cologne.
(c) For addressing the miniaturist as a Sir in her correspondence.
(d) For thinking of the miniaturist as an old man with a beard.
5. How old is Johannes at the time of his and Nella's wedding?
(a) 39.
(b) 21.
(c) 29.
(d) 43.
6. What is the main difference Nella sees between the maids back in Assendelft and Cornelia?
(a) Cornelia behaves with much more decorum and politeness.
(b) Cornelia behaves with much more freedom and familiarity.
(c) Cornelia is paid three times what the maids in Assendelft are paid.
(d) Cornelia is treated more like a member of the family than the maids in Assendelft are.
7. When Nella compares Assendelft with Amsterdam, what does she decide is the only thing she can currently call her own?
(a) Johannes.
(b) Peebo the parakeet.
(c) The cabinet house.
(d) The miniaturist.
8. Marin threatens Nella, saying that if Nella leaves the cabinet house empty, she will turn Johannes's gift into a crime of what?
(a) Sloth.
(b) Gluttony.
(c) Larceny.
(d) Profligacy.
9. What does the narrator list as the one object that "the reformers didn't pull down" (1)?
(a) The public market.
(b) The library.
(c) The art museum.
(d) The church roof.
10. What is NOT an expectation of life in the Brandt household that Nella says she would do anything to remove from her head?
(a) Marriage beds.
(b) Wealth.
(c) True love.
(d) Children.
11. For what job does Johannes tell Marin he has hired Jack?
(a) To deliver messages.
(b) To rehabilitate the gardens.
(c) To guard the sugar.
(d) To help Cornelia scour the pots.
12. When Nella gets back to her room after her first kiss with Johannes, what does she do?
(a) She writes in her journal.
(b) She turns all of the paintings to the wall.
(c) She burns the portrait of Johannes in the fireplace.
(d) She writes a letter to her mother.
13. To Nella's surprise, Marin tells her that what object will protect the Brandt household in the face of Johannes's homosexuality?
(a) Secrecy.
(b) Christ's love.
(c) Bribes.
(d) Sugar profits.
14. What instrument does Nella play during the performance for the Meermanses?
(a) Lute.
(b) Xylophone.
(c) Trumpet.
(d) Piano.
15. Who is the focus of the event taking place within the novel's prologue?
(a) Cornelia.
(b) Johannes.
(c) Nella and Johannes.
(d) Marin.
Short Answer Questions
1. What excuse does Marin provide when Johannes does not show up on time to meet with the Meermans?
2. Agnes tells Nella that Johannes and Frans met when they were how old?
3. What is Marin's reply when Nella asks what would happen if Agnes and Frans found out about Johannes's homosexuality?
4. What mode of transportation do Nella and Johannes use to get to the Silversmiths Guild feast?
5. In what year does the first chapter of Part One take place?
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