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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What is an appropriate word to use for the dream picture of Manderley's grounds and garden?
(a) Exciting.
(b) Grotesque.
(c) Beautiful.
(d) Placid.

4. 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.

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

6. About what is the narrator especially knowledgeable?
(a) Vineyards.
(b) The English countryside.
(c) Breeding partridges.
(d) The history of Manderley.

7. In her dream, to whom does the narrator call?
(a) Rebecca.
(b) Mrs Van Hopper.
(c) Maxim de Winter.
(d) The lodge-keeper.

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

9. What fruit does the narrator anticipate being served at tea?
(a) Cranberries.
(b) Apples.
(c) Fresh raspberries.
(d) Strawberries and cream.

10. How does the narrator define happiness?
(a) She says it is a quality of thought, a state of mind.
(b) She says it can be achieved through hard work.
(c) She says happiness is at Manderley.
(d) She suggests happiness is unattainable.

11. Of what is Rebecca's vase made?
(a) Alabaster.
(b) Poker work.
(c) Bronze.
(d) Ming china.

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

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

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

15. What is Maxim's attitude to his past life?
(a) He wants to accept his mistakes and move on.
(b) It is a place full of sacred memories that he does not want to share.
(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. Why is the narrator rather shocked at herself?

2. To what does the word "gaucherie" refer?

3. For the narrator, what is the result of Mrs Van Hopper's illness?

4. Why is the meal with Mrs Van Hopper eaten in silence?

5. What does Frank tell the narrator about Ben?

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