Girl With a Pearl Earring Quizzes

Girl With a Pearl Earring Quiz 1

1 In what city does the novel take place?
Paris

Amsterdam

Brussels

Delft
2 In what year does the novel open?
1500

1685

1664

1820
3 Who is included in the visitors who arrive in the first chapter?
Vermeer and the maid Tanneke

Vermeer and his wife

Vermeer and his mother-in-law

Vermeer, his wife, and their five children
4 What is Griet doing when the visitors arrive?
Writing a letter

Baking bread

Rocking a baby

Chopping vegetables
5 What colour is Catharina's hair?
Red

Grey

Black

Blonde
6 Which of the following does Griet immediately notice about Catharina?
She walks with a limp

She is pregnant

She is short-sighted

She speaks with a lisp
7 What colour are Vermeer's eyes described as being?
Bright blue

Grey

Hazel

Black
8 What does Vermeer notice about the way Griet has arranged the vegetables?
She has worked meticulously to make the slices as small as possible

They are arranged so that the colours form a pleasing pattern

She has cut herself and a few drops of blood are visible on the vegetables

They are scattered haphazardly
9 What relationship will Griet have with the couple who have visited?
She will be hired to tutor their children

She will work for them as a maid

She will be groomed to marry their son

She will be adopted as their daughter
10 What startling fact does Griet realize when she learns where the couple live?
They are members of the royal family

They are Catholic

They are foreigners

They are actually quite poor
11 What is the occupation of Griet's father?
Carpenter

Tile painter

Blacksmith

Butcher
12 What prevents Griet's father from working?
He lost a hand in a fight

He was blinded in an accident

He has gone deaf due to old age

He is crippled after falling off of a horse
13 What is the specific task for which Griet has been hired, in addition to general household service?
Cleaning Vermeer's studio

Cooking pastry for the family

Helping Catharina learn to read

Teaching the daughters to dance
14 What is the name of Griet's sister?
Francesca

Cornelia

Agnes

Maria
15 What is the special item Griet's mother gives her to take with her?
A set of pearl earrings

A small golden cross

A tortoiseshell comb

A diamond bracelet
16 What is the challenge Griet will face when cleaning Vermeer's studio?
Working in extremely hot temperatures

Not fainting due to the intense smell of the chemicals

Replacing objects so that it is impossible to see they have been moved

Working in complete darkness
17 What is the name of the guild that employs both Vermeer and Griet's father?
The Guild of Painters

The Guild of Delft

The Guild of St Francis

The Guild of St Luke
18 What item does Griet's father give her to remind her of home?
A portrait of her sister

A sketch of the interior of the house

A tile depicting a boy and a girl

A scrap of cloth from the curtains
19 What is the distance between the home of Griet's family and the Vermeer house?
In a city about a day's journey away

About ten minutes walk

Next door

About two hours walk
20 How many children are in the Vermeer family when Griet arrives?
Two

Eleven

Seven

Five
21 What is the name of the daughter who immediately strikes Griet as unruly?
Agnes

Cornelia

Maria

Aleydis
22 What is the name of the servant already in the Vermeer household?
Tanneke

Catharina

Maria

Agnes
23 What is the first thing that strikes Griet about the inside of the house?
It is filthy and neglected

It is filled with paintings

It is populated by many cats and dogs

It is bright and airy
24 What is the nickname that Griet gives to the room dominated by a large religious painting?
the Crucifixition Room

The Ascension Room

the Pentecost Room

the Nativity Room
25 Where is Griet assigned to sleep when she first arrives?
A room she shares with Tanneke

The cellar

A small shed behind the house

The Attic

To what extent do you agree with the write he brings the character to life the girl in the pearl earring

I'm sorry, you have not provided the extract in question. Please include all information in your posts.

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Question 4 griet

I don't know what chapter you are referring to.

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WHAT ARE 4 THINGS ABOUT THE NARRATOR IN THE EXTRACT IN THE GIRL WITH THE PEARL EARINGS BEGINIGN MY MOTHER DID NOT TELL ME THEY WERE COMING LINES 1-6

I'm not sure where the extract you are referring to end, but from the text:

My mother did not tell me they were coming. Afterwards she said she did not want me to appear nervous. I was surprised (1), for I thought she knew me well. (2) Strangers...

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Answered by jill d #170087 on 8/2/2023 5:51 PM

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Girl With a Pearl Earring

by Tracy Chevalier

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