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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 23.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. As she flees into the interior of the house, who does the narrator encounter in the passageway?
(a) Mrs. Danvers.
(b) Frith.
(c) A scullery maid.
(d) A housemaid.

2. What does Maxim's Gran believe are the three most important qualities in a wife?
(a) Breeding, bearing and beauty,
(b) Fertility, feistiness and fearlessness.
(c) Breeding, brains and beauty.
(d) Archness, aristocracy and acumen.

3. Which of these statements is true of Mrs Van Hopper?
(a) She is pushy, tactless, insensitive and boring,
(b) She is refined and courteous.
(c) She likes matchmaking.
(d) She is assertive and interesting.

4. What are the qualities the narrator believes a person must have to be well-bred?
(a) Pride and guts.
(b) Pride and money.
(c) An aristocratic pedigree.
(d) A good accent and pride.

5. Why does the narrator think "ripping" is a poor word to describe her two weeks in Maxim's company?
(a) She avoids using slang words at all times.
(b) It's a shallow expression that doesn't convey the depth of happiness she has experienced.
(c) It's a word that is not grown-up enough for her.
(d) Her late father didn't like that expression.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Frank tell the narrator about Ben?

2. What did the narrator wear on her visit to the bishop's wife?

3. Identify the figurative language in the phrase "lies like an empty shell."

4. Who is the unexpected visitor that Frith announces?

5. What Monte Carlo attraction will Mrs Van Hopper miss by leaving early?

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