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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. As she flees into the interior of the house, who does the narrator encounter in the passageway?
(a) A scullery maid.
(b) Frith.
(c) A housemaid.
(d) Mrs. Danvers.

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

3. Which of these statements is true of Mrs Van Hopper?
(a) She is assertive and interesting.
(b) She is refined and courteous.
(c) She is pushy, tactless, insensitive and boring,
(d) She likes matchmaking.

4. How are the desk pigeonholes labeled?
(a) In typewritten courier font.
(b) In Mrs Danvers' handwriting.
(c) In Rebecca's handwriting.
(d) In copperplate engraving.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is significant about the man the narrator meets on the beach?

2. What quality of the narrator's does Maxim de Winter value?

3. What does the narrator find in the raincoat pocket?

4. How does the narrator define happiness?

5. What lie about her morning activities does the narrator tell Mrs Van Hopper?

(see the answer key)

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