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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which words best describe Beatrice's Christmas party?
(a) Noisy, and very drunken with fights breaking out.
(b) Boistrous, noisy, silly and messy.
(c) Elegant, organized, but rather stodgy.
(d) Boistrous in an elegant way.

2. For the narrator, what is the dreadful ending to the evening?
(a) Max is weeping for Rebecca.
(b) Mrs. Danvers laughs at her.
(c) Mrs. Danvers and Max laugh at her.
(d) Max does not come to bed.

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

4. What does Mrs. Danvers suggest to the narrator?
(a) That it is time they both had a break and went downstairs.
(b) That Rebecca haunts Manderley.
(c) That she wear Rebecca's clothes.
(d) That Rebecca is her spirit guide.

5. What is the narrator's first reaction to Maxim's confession that he killed Rebecca?
(a) Numbness.
(b) Revulsion.
(c) Indifference.
(d) Hysteria.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who first suggests the revival of the Manderley Fancy Dress ball?

2. How does the narrator feel about visiting Maxim's grandmother?

3. What was the quality of Mrs Danvers' smile?

4. How has Maxim misunderstood his wife to this point?

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

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