View a FREE sample

This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 12.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Frank tell the narrator about Ben?
(a) That he wouldn't hurt a fly.
(b) That he wouldn't harm a child.
(c) That he was devoted to Rebecca.
(d) That he will soon be taken to an asylum.

2. What object is Robert suspected of stealing?
(a) An alabaster vase belonging to Rebecca.
(b) A china cupid figurine.
(c) A small painting.
(d) A statue of Neptune taming a seahorse.

3. What is the narrator's attitude to the age-gap between herself and Maxim?
(a) She thinks age doesn't mean anything in marriage.
(b) She thinks it is a big barrier to their happiness.
(c) She thinks Maxim is more like a father as he is so much older.
(d) She thinks it will matter in the future.

4. How does the narrator show she is nervous around the servants?
(a) She tells how her hands shake when she lights a cigarette.
(b) She stutters when she speaks to them.
(c) She speaks to them in a tiny voice.
(d) She creeps around on tiptoe.

5. What is Maxim's attitude to his past life?
(a) It is a place full of sacred memories that he does not want to share.
(b) He wants to accept his mistakes and move on.
(c) He does not wish to remember it.
(d) He wants to talk about it to free himself from its ghosts.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What enjoyable holiday does the bishop's wife mention?

4. What does the leather book contain?

5. Who is Jasper?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 345 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample