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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is the meal with Mrs Van Hopper eaten in silence?
(a) The narrator has nothing to say.
(b) Mrs Van Hopper is annoyed with Max de Winter.
(c) Mrs Van Hopper likes to concentrate on the food.
(d) Mrs Van Hopper is keeping silence for Lent.

2. What does Maxim tell Mrs Van Hopper about his valet?
(a) He says his valet gossips.
(b) He says that he overpays his valet.
(c) He says he does not like travelling alone and the valet is company.
(d) He says he does not have a valet.

3. For the narrator, what is the result of Mrs Van Hopper's illness?
(a) She gets two weeks of freedom.
(b) She gets two weeks of boredom.
(c) She learns some valuable lessons from the trained nurse.
(d) She gets the sack.

4. What does Mrs Van Hopper ask the narrator to fetch from her room?
(a) The train timetable.
(b) A letter from her nephew.
(c) A letter from her daughter.
(d) Her gloves.

5. What is an appropriate word to use for the dream picture of Manderley's grounds and garden?
(a) Beautiful.
(b) Exciting.
(c) Placid.
(d) Grotesque.

Short Answer Questions

1. What fruit does the narrator anticipate being served at tea?

2. In happier times, where did they take tea?

3. What color is the stone of which Manderley is built?

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

5. Who does Max describe as being "invariably late for dinner"?

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