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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 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.

2. What interrupts Mrs Van Hopper's conversation with Max de Winter?
(a) Max spills coffee all over the narrator.
(b) Mrs Van Hopper falls ill.
(c) A page-boy brings a letter for Maxim.
(d) A page-boy tells Mrs Van Hopper that a dressmaker is waiting.

3. How does the narrator define happiness?
(a) She says happiness is at Manderley.
(b) She says it is a quality of thought, a state of mind.
(c) She suggests happiness is unattainable.
(d) She says it can be achieved through hard work.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What sort of woman does the narrator crave to be?

2. Jasper is what breed of dog?

3. In what setting does the narrator think Max de Winter belongs?

4. For the narrator, what gives "a glow about [her] morning"?

5. What gives the impression of a church archway?

(see the answer key)

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