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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 18.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What enjoyable holiday does the bishop's wife mention?
(a) A holiday in Australia.
(b) A holiday at Monte Carlo.
(c) A trip on the Orient Express.
(d) A walking holiday in the Pennines.

2. From what illness is Mrs Van Hopper suffering?
(a) Influenza.
(b) Asthma.
(c) Pneumonia.
(d) Pancreatitis.

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

4. Why is the narrator rather shocked at herself?
(a) Because she played Hare and Hounds with the children.
(b) Because she feels free and happy with Max away in London.
(c) Because she spoke up to Mrs. Danvers.
(d) Because she took biscuits and fruit.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What interesting sight does the narrator remember seeing in Monaco?

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

3. What did the narrator do with the pieces of the figurine?

4. Which things are permanent, according to the narrator?

5. In what condition is the sofa-bed in the boathouse?

(see the answer key)

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