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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does the narrator value boredom?
(a) There'll be excitement later when she reads the cricket scores.
(b) She doesn't value it at all and is restless.
(c) It is a pleasant antidote to fear.
(d) It gives her time to write her novel.

2. Where does Maxim propose to take the narrator for their honeymoon?
(a) Venice.
(b) New York.
(c) Verona.
(d) Manderley.

3. With what does Mrs Van Hopper compare Manderley?
(a) Buckingham Palace.
(b) Fairy-land.
(c) An Irish castle.
(d) Palm Beach.

4. How does the narrator define happiness?
(a) She says it is a quality of thought, a state of mind.
(b) She says happiness is at Manderley.
(c) She suggests happiness is unattainable.
(d) She says it can be achieved through hard work.

5. Who is responsible for attending to the narrator's letters?
(a) Robert, the footman.
(b) Mrs. Danvers.
(c) Frith, the butler.
(d) Maxim de Winter.

Short Answer Questions

1. What special privilege does Max extend to the narrator?

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

3. In her former life, about what was the narrator sometimes worried?

4. What does the narrator believe to be inevitable in everyone's life?

5. On what floor of the hotel building is Max's suite?

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