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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Max describe as being "invariably late for dinner"?
(a) Mrs Van Hopper.
(b) King Alfred.
(c) Rebecca.
(d) King Ethelred the Unready.

2. What was the quality of Mrs Danvers' smile?
(a) Superior.
(b) Fawning.
(c) Proud.
(d) Tentative.

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 believes Max thinks she is witty.
(c) She believes Max was flirting with the narrator.
(d) She thinks Max is falling for her.

4. What annoys and astonishes Mrs Van Hopper?
(a) Her realizaton that the narrator isn't excited about going to New York.
(b) The difficulty of packing for the trip.
(c) That little Nancy might have appendicitis.
(d) Her realization that the narrator is happy in Europe.

5. For the narrator, what gives "a glow about [her] morning"?
(a) The pleasure of driving in the car with Max.
(b) Her new makeup.
(c) Getting away from Mrs Van Hopper.
(d) The pleasure of wearing Max's coat.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is responsible for attending to the narrator's letters?

2. What is Maxim's attitude to his past life?

3. Which birds remind the narrator of Manderley?

4. How does Beatrice announce that she will be coming to lunch?

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

(see the answer key)

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