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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What fault in Mrs Van Hopper changes the narrator's destiny?
(a) Her greediness.
(b) Her terrible taste in shoes.
(c) Her loud voice.
(d) Her snobbishness.

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

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

5. Jasper is what breed of dog?
(a) A corgi.
(b) A King Charles spaniel.
(c) A border collie.
(d) A cocker spaniel.

6. In what colors is the buoy painted?
(a) Orange and white.
(b) Orange and green.
(c) White and green.
(d) Red, white and blue.

7. Which things are permanent, according to the narrator?
(a) Manderley and Rebecca.
(b) Fear and suffering.
(c) The bare little hotel bedroom and the dream.
(d) The brown lilac and the Happy Valley.

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

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

10. On what floor of the hotel building is Max's suite?
(a) It is on Level 148.
(b) It is on the seventh floor.
(c) It's on the second floor.
(d) It is on the third floor.

11. Of what is Ben afraid?
(a) He's afraid of Maxim de Winter.
(b) He's afraid he will be put in an asylum.
(c) He's afraid he will lose his job.
(d) He's afraid of Jasper.

12. 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 metaphor.
(d) This is a simile.

13. Who is responsible for attending to the narrator's letters?
(a) Robert, the footman.
(b) Mrs. Danvers.
(c) Frith, the butler.
(d) Maxim de Winter.

14. How does Mrs Van Hopper misjudge the conversation with Maxim de Winter?
(a) She thinks Max is falling for her.
(b) She believes Max thinks she is witty.
(c) She thinks Max was embarrassed by the narrator's behavior.
(d) She believes Max was flirting with the narrator.

15. Where does Maxim propose to take the narrator for their honeymoon?
(a) New York.
(b) Verona.
(c) Manderley.
(d) Venice.

Short Answer Questions

1. What comment does Maxim make about Beatrice?

2. At the time the narrator bought the postcard, how much was her weekly pocket-money?

3. Who is Jasper?

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

5. Which birds remind the narrator of Manderley?

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