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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What gives the impression of a church archway?
(a) The mingled branches of beech trees.
(b) Binsey poplars.
(c) Monster shrubs and plants.
(d) Oak trees.

3. How had they left the library door?
(a) Open.
(b) Half open.
(c) Closed.
(d) Locked carefully.

4. How does the narrator react to Maxim's invitation to lunch with him?
(a) She is excited at being invited to lunch with someone so important.
(b) She is disturbed because he is flirting with her.
(c) She thinks he is just being polite and that her presence would spoil his lunch.
(d) She says nothing and goes quietly to his table.

5. Where does Maxim propose to take the narrator for their honeymoon?
(a) Venice.
(b) Manderley.
(c) Verona.
(d) New York.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is meant by "Jasper has gone to the happy hunting grounds"?

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

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

4. How do the de Winters travel from London to Manderley?

5. From what illness is Mrs Van Hopper suffering?

(see the answer key)

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