the / an / ø

Bob had spent years learning (a. om piano te spelen) __________ ,

• to play piano

• to play a piano

• to play the piano

He (c. gaf de hoop op) ________ that it would ever amount to anything.

• gave up hope

• gave up the hope

Therefore, on a Tuesday (f. na de lunch) _______ he decided ...

• after lunch

• after the lunch

Therefore, on a Tuesday after lunch he decided (g. om de geschiedenis in te duiken) _________ ,

• to dive into the history

• to dive into history

It’s a novel partly set in (k. het hedendaagse Amerika) ________ and partly (l in het zeventiende-eeuwse) ________ Holland.

(pick 2)

• the present-day America

• present-day America

• in seventeenth-century

• in the seventeenth century

And that is something extraordinary and interesting, because in that age painters, (n. in de regel) (a)   , were men.

Therefore, it’s no surprise that (q. de schilderijen uit die periode) (a)   by women are really scarce.

(r. Op basis van) (a)   of reviews that Bob found (s.) on the internet he selected more novels that he thought were (t.) worth reading .

He thought reading them was (u.) quite a job , but also satisfying (v. tot op zekere hoogte) (a)   .