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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. About what is the narrator especially knowledgeable?
(a) The English countryside.
(b) The history of Manderley.
(c) Vineyards.
(d) Breeding partridges.

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

3. What fault in Mrs Van Hopper changes the narrator's destiny?
(a) Her loud voice.
(b) Her snobbishness.
(c) Her greediness.
(d) Her terrible taste in shoes.

4. What color is the stone of which Manderley is built?
(a) Gray.
(b) Pink.
(c) Olive.
(d) Black.

5. To what does the word "gaucherie" refer?
(a) A type of flower.
(b) Prettiness.
(c) Clumsiness.
(d) Gaucho-influenced fashion.

Short Answer Questions

1. From what illness is Mrs Van Hopper suffering?

2. For the narrator, what is the result of Mrs Van Hopper's illness?

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

4. How does the narrator respond to Maxim's note?

5. What interesting sight does the narrator remember seeing in Monaco?

(see the answer key)

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