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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 15.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Beatrice greet the narrator?
(a) She shakes hands and kisses the narrator on each cheek.
(b) She shakes hands firmly.
(c) She kisses the narrator and shakes hands.
(d) She looks at her coldly and extends a cold, moist hand.

2. What interesting sight does the narrator remember seeing in Monaco?
(a) A crooked house in a cobbled square.
(b) A ghostly figure in the sky.
(c) A crooked white building.
(d) Prince Rainier driving with Princess Grace.

3. How does the narrator feel about playing bridge?
(a) She thinks it suits her sharp mind.
(b) She thinks it's like Snap and Happy Families.
(c) She does not enjoy it.
(d) She prefers it to chess.

4. What interrupts Mrs Van Hopper's conversation with Max de Winter?
(a) Mrs Van Hopper falls ill.
(b) A page-boy tells Mrs Van Hopper that a dressmaker is waiting.
(c) Max spills coffee all over the narrator.
(d) A page-boy brings a letter for Maxim.

5. What did the narrator do with the pieces of the figurine?
(a) She put them in her underwear drawer.
(b) She put them in an envelope which she hid in her desk.
(c) She put them in a container on her desk.
(d) She put them in an envelope and hid them under her pillow.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does the narrator think "ripping" is a poor word to describe her two weeks in Maxim's company?

2. What annoys and astonishes Mrs Van Hopper?

3. What fault in Mrs Van Hopper changes the narrator's destiny?

4. How does Mrs Van Hopper misjudge the conversation with Maxim de Winter?

5. Which words best describe Beatrice's Christmas party?

(see the answer key)

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