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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Overall, what does this description show the reader about Manderley?
(a) That it is not in England.
(b) That it is made of grey stone.
(c) That it is a ruin, but unhaunted.
(d) That it is a haunted ruin.

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

3. Identify the figurative language in the phrase "lies like an empty shell."
(a) This is onomatopoeia.
(b) This is a simile.
(c) This is postmodern structuralism.
(d) This is a metaphor.

4. What can moonlight do, according to the narrator?
(a) Moonlight can make you feel romantic.
(b) Moonlight can play odd tricks upon the fancy.
(c) Moonlight can scare you.
(d) Moonlight can reveal secrets.

5. How is the narrator reminded of an English spring?
(a) By looking through her photograph album.
(b) Through conversations with Maxim.
(c) Through news of England on the radio.
(d) Through old copies of the magazine Field.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does the narrator believe to be inevitable in everyone's life?

3. Which birds remind the narrator of Manderley?

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

5. About what is the narrator especially knowledgeable?

(see the answer key)

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