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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does the narrator feel about playing bridge?
(a) She does not enjoy it.
(b) She thinks it suits her sharp mind.
(c) She thinks it's like Snap and Happy Families.
(d) She prefers it to chess.

2. 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 word that is not grown-up enough for her.
(c) It's a shallow expression that doesn't convey the depth of happiness she has experienced.
(d) Her late father didn't like that expression.

3. From the woods, where does Maxim say the right-hand path leads?
(a) To some smugglers' caves.
(b) To Happy Valley.
(c) Back to Manderley.
(d) To a cove where they used to keep a boat.

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

5. In what setting does the narrator think Max de Winter belongs?
(a) On the cover of a magazine like Tatler.
(b) At Palm Beach in Florida.
(c) In an imposing London bank building.
(d) A fifteenth century walled city.

6. In her former life, about what was the narrator sometimes worried?
(a) The difficulty of getting good servants.
(b) The waste of food at Manderley.
(c) The waste of angel cake at Manderley.
(d) The poor quality of food at Manderley.

7. Why does the narrator feel comfortable with her maid Clarice?
(a) She is a friendly, outgoing girl.
(b) They are the same age.
(c) She is experienced in service and very helpful.
(d) She has never been in service before and has no alarming standards.

8. What does Maxim tell his wife about the east wing?
(a) It is haunted and he never goes there.
(b) It is more cheerful and has a lovely view of the rose garden.
(c) It is a good place to raise a family.
(d) It is pleasant and has a good view of the shrubbery.

9. Why does the narrator value boredom?
(a) It is a pleasant antidote to fear.
(b) It gives her time to write her novel.
(c) There'll be excitement later when she reads the cricket scores.
(d) She doesn't value it at all and is restless.

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

11. Overall, what does this description show the reader about Manderley?
(a) That it is a haunted ruin.
(b) That it is made of grey stone.
(c) That it is not in England.
(d) That it is a ruin, but unhaunted.

12. What annoys and astonishes Mrs Van Hopper?
(a) Her realization that the narrator is happy in Europe.
(b) Her realizaton that the narrator isn't excited about going to New York.
(c) The difficulty of packing for the trip.
(d) That little Nancy might have appendicitis.

13. What does the narrator find in the pocket of the car?
(a) A well-thumbed novel.
(b) A book of poetry.
(c) A cache of love-letters.
(d) Rebecca's gloves.

14. In what condition is the sofa-bed in the boathouse?
(a) It has been reupholstered.
(b) It has been nibbled by mice and rats--not in good condition.
(c) It is ripped open
(d) It is stained with blood.

15. Who first suggests the revival of the Manderley Fancy Dress ball?
(a) Mrs. Danvers.
(b) The wife of a bishop in a neighboring cathedral town.
(c) The bishop in a neighboring cathedral town.
(d) Beatrice Lacy.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Jasper?

2. What is it that the narrator describes as like a dark hand?

3. In happier times, where did they take tea?

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

5. What is Maxim's attitude to his past life?

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