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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Frank think about the narrator?
(a) He thinks she is beautiful and shy.
(b) He thinks that she is fresh, young and sensible.
(c) He thinks she is too young to manage Manderley.
(d) He thinks she is inexperienced and arrogant.

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

3. What did the narrator do with the pieces of the figurine?
(a) She put them in an envelope and hid them under her pillow.
(b) She put them in a container on her desk.
(c) She put them in an envelope which she hid in her desk.
(d) She put them in her underwear drawer.

4. In her dream of Manderley, the narrator stands . . .
(a) At the window of Rebecca's room.
(b) At the door of the boatshed.
(c) By an iron gate leading to the drive.
(d) By a wooden gate leading to the drive.

5. How does Beatrice announce that she will be coming to lunch?
(a) She telephones Mrs Danvers.
(b) She telephones Maxim.
(c) In a postcard.
(d) In a letter.

6. What Monte Carlo attraction will Mrs Van Hopper miss by leaving early?
(a) Her bridge club.
(b) The Ballet.
(c) A reception with the Grimaldis.
(d) A opera performance.

7. To what does the word "gaucherie" refer?
(a) Prettiness.
(b) A type of flower.
(c) Clumsiness.
(d) Gaucho-influenced fashion.

8. In happier times, where did they take tea?
(a) In the boathouse.
(b) Under the chestnut tree.
(c) In the rose garden.
(d) On the beach.

9. What kind of flowers are in the morning room's vases?
(a) Roses.
(b) Pansies and clematis.
(c) Lilacs.
(d) Rhododendrons.

10. What sort of car does Jack Favell drive?
(a) A green sports car.
(b) A Morris estate car.
(c) A red sports car.
(d) A Daimler.

11. What does the narrator believe to be inevitable in everyone's life?
(a) The death of a friend.
(b) A trial of wills.
(c) A moment of trial.
(d) The moment of death.

12. What lie about her morning activities does the narrator tell Mrs Van Hopper?
(a) She tells Mrs Van Hopper she went for a walk.
(b) She says she has been playing golf with the professional.
(c) She says she has been playing tennis with the professional.
(d) She says she went to the casino.

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

14. What sort of woman does the narrator crave to be?
(a) Thirty-six years old and dressed in black satin and pearls.
(b) Witty and university educated.
(c) Older and wiser like Mrs Van Hopper.
(d) Thirty and more grown-up.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What can moonlight do, according to the narrator?

2. In what way does the narrator disobey her husband?

3. As she flees into the interior of the house, who does the narrator encounter in the passageway?

4. What is an appropriate word to use for the dream picture of Manderley's grounds and garden?

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

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