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Tracy Chevalier is best known for her second novel, "Girl with a Pearl Earring", which presents a possible fictional story behind Vermeer's famous painting of that name. As well as having been translated into over 30 different languages, it was adapted into a film in 21004 which was nominated for a number of awards.
3 Tracy Chevalier quizzes and 40 Tracy Chevalier trivia questions.
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  "The Girl With A Pearl Earring"by Tracy Chevalier    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
This quiz is about the book "The Girl With A Pearl Earring" by Tracy Chevalier Warning - May include spoilers
Average, 10 Qns, delainey, Jan 02 05
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  'The Girl with a Pearl Earring' Quiz    
Multiple Choice
 20 Qns
This is a great book! The quiz shouldn't be hard if you've read it. The author is Tracy Chevalier.
Average, 20 Qns, krita2, Mar 10 10
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  The Lady and the Unicorn    
Multiple Choice
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If you're hooked on Tracy Chevalier's writings - try your hand at clicking the correct answers in this quiz about the intriguing historical novel 'The Lady and the Unicorn'.
Average, 10 Qns, viktorya, Jan 02 05
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trivia question Quick Question
What object of Griet's does Cornelia ruin?

From Quiz "'The Girl with a Pearl Earring' Quiz"




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  Historical Fiction [Literature] (6 quizzes)


Tracy Chevalier Trivia Questions
1. What is the name of the nobleman who is the commissioner of the tapestries?

From Quiz The Lady and the Unicorn

Answer: Jean Le Viste

It was Jean Le Viste's wife, Genevieve, who persuaded him to employ Nicholas Des Innocents.

2. What year does the book start in?

From Quiz "The Girl With A Pearl Earring"by Tracy Chevalier

Answer: 1664

In bold numbers on the page before the story begins is "1664".

3. How many children do the Vermeers have when Griet begins working for them?

From Quiz 'The Girl with a Pearl Earring' Quiz

Answer: 5

Materge, Lisbeth, Cornelia, Alyedis, and Johannes.

4. In which room were the tapestries designed to be hung?

From Quiz The Lady and the Unicorn

Answer: Grande Salle

This is the room where the the great banquets took place.

5. Who is the girl narrating the story?

From Quiz "The Girl With A Pearl Earring"by Tracy Chevalier

Answer: Griet

Griet goes to work as a maid when her father is blinded in a kiln accident. She is The Girl with a Pearl Earring.

6. Why does Griet have to become a maid?

From Quiz 'The Girl with a Pearl Earring' Quiz

Answer: her father went blind

Her father was a tile maker, and his kiln exploded, blinding him.

7. How many pieces of tapestry were hung?

From Quiz The Lady and the Unicorn

Answer: 6

Two pieces were of different size to the other four.

8. Who is the young man interested in Griet?

From Quiz "The Girl With A Pearl Earring"by Tracy Chevalier

Answer: Pieter the son

Pieter is the son of the butcher, Griet sees him often when she has to go to the market to buy the meat for her mistress's family.

9. Which member of the household had Vermeer painted before Griet began working there?

From Quiz 'The Girl with a Pearl Earring' Quiz

Answer: Tanneke

He painted her pouring milk.

10. What theme is represented in the Lady and the Unicorn tapestries?

From Quiz The Lady and the Unicorn

Answer: The five physical senses

Nicolas Des Innocents painted some of the family characters in the physical sense he perceived them as (the ladies as Touch and Taste).

11. How old is Griet in the beginning of the story?

From Quiz "The Girl With A Pearl Earring"by Tracy Chevalier

Answer: 16 years old

She 16 years old, the oldest of 3 children.

12. Why does Griet avoid van Ruijven?

From Quiz 'The Girl with a Pearl Earring' Quiz

Answer: he makes sexual advances on her

He's attracted to her from the beginning, and makes no secret of his feelings.

13. What was Nicholas Des Innocents famous for painting, before the commission of the tapestries?

From Quiz The Lady and the Unicorn

Answer: miniature portraits of ladies

He prided himself on this rare and dainty talent (and that it gave him an opportunity to be with the ladies!).

14. What artist's house is she employed in?

From Quiz "The Girl With A Pearl Earring"by Tracy Chevalier

Answer: Vermeer

She was hired by Vermeer's wife to help with laundry, cooking and shopping.

15. In what city or town does the book take place?

From Quiz 'The Girl with a Pearl Earring' Quiz

Answer: Delft

16. What did Nicholas Des Innocents say noble women smelled of?

From Quiz The Lady and the Unicorn

Answer: mint and cloves

He was hinting at his first encounter with Claude who was chewing a clove.

17. What is Griet doing when she first meets her employer?

From Quiz "The Girl With A Pearl Earring"by Tracy Chevalier

Answer: Chopping vegetables

She attracts Vermeer's attention when chopping vegetables because she has them separated by color. He often asks her opinion about his paintings, she eventually becomes his assistant and poses for him.

18. Why does Griet always keep her head covered?

From Quiz 'The Girl with a Pearl Earring' Quiz

Answer: she's ashamed of her hair

Her hair is wild, and she likens it to a prostitute's.

19. Who was Genevieve's Lady-in-waiting?

From Quiz The Lady and the Unicorn

Answer: Beatrice

Genevieve eventually gives Beatrice to her daughter (Claude) to wait on her.

20. Who is the first person to die that is very close to Griet?

From Quiz "The Girl With A Pearl Earring"by Tracy Chevalier

Answer: Her sister

Her sister Agnes dies after a quarantine is placed in her part of town.

21. What's the first thing Pieter does to show he's interested in Griet?

From Quiz 'The Girl with a Pearl Earring' Quiz

Answer: inquires about her family

He finds out where her family lives. After there's a breakout of plague, he's able to warn her that they're in danger.

22. What is the name of Griet's mistress's mother's name?

From Quiz "The Girl With A Pearl Earring"by Tracy Chevalier

Answer: Maria Thins

Maria Thins is the mother of Catharina, Griet's mistress. She is always very interested in Vermeer's paintings and keeps an eye on the goings on of the household.

23. Who is the most conniving child?

From Quiz 'The Girl with a Pearl Earring' Quiz

Answer: Cornelia

She's always looking for ways to make trouble for Griet- snooping, stealing, framing her, etc.

24. Whom does Nicholas Des Innocents eventually marry?

From Quiz The Lady and the Unicorn

Answer: Beatrice

Beatrice promised him at the beginning of the book that one day she would have him and her promise is fulfilled (reluctantly on his part) by the closing of the book. Nicholas really wanted Claude, also had a fling with Alienor, yet he married Beatrice.

25. Who does Vermeer not paint in the book?

From Quiz 'The Girl with a Pearl Earring' Quiz

Answer: himself

26. Which other Tracy Chevalier novel has been made into a film starring Colin Firth and Scarlett Johansson?

From Quiz The Lady and the Unicorn

Answer: The Girl with a Pearl Earring

This movie was nominated for 3 Oscars: Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Best Cinematography, and Best Costume Design (Source imdb.com) and won many awards from other film institutions. 'The Count of Monte Cristo' was written by Alexandre Dumas, 'The Four Feathers' by A.E.W. Mason and 'The English Patient' by Michael Ondaatje.

27. Who breaks Griet's tile?

From Quiz "The Girl With A Pearl Earring"by Tracy Chevalier

Answer: Cornelia

Cornelia breaks Griet's treasured tile, because of her jealousy and for spite. In real life Vermeer fathered 11 children with his wife Catharina.

28. Why is Catharina not allowed in the studio?

From Quiz 'The Girl with a Pearl Earring' Quiz

Answer: she's clumsy

She's always knocking things over and breaking them.

29. What object of Griet's does Cornelia ruin?

From Quiz 'The Girl with a Pearl Earring' Quiz

Answer: a tile

A special tile her father made, with her and her brother on it.

30. Who pierces Griet's ears?

From Quiz 'The Girl with a Pearl Earring' Quiz

Answer: she does it herself

She can't find anyone to help her, so she has to do it herself, with a needle. Quite painful!

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