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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In her former life, about what was the narrator sometimes worried?
(a) The poor quality of food at Manderley.
(b) The waste of angel cake at Manderley.
(c) The waste of food at Manderley.
(d) The difficulty of getting good servants.

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

3. How does Mrs Van Hopper misjudge the conversation with Maxim de Winter?
(a) She thinks Max was embarrassed by the narrator's behavior.
(b) She thinks Max is falling for her.
(c) She believes Max thinks she is witty.
(d) She believes Max was flirting with the narrator.

4. What is Maxim's attitude to his past life?
(a) He does not wish to remember it.
(b) He wants to accept his mistakes and move on.
(c) It is a place full of sacred memories that he does not want to share.
(d) He wants to talk about it to free himself from its ghosts.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Maxim tell Mrs Van Hopper about his valet?

2. How is the narrator reminded of an English spring?

3. For the narrator, what gives "a glow about [her] morning"?

4. About what is the narrator especially knowledgeable?

5. How does the narrator show she is nervous around the servants?

(see the answer key)

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