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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Ben offers the narrator some winkles. What are winkles?
(a) Small shellfish.
(b) Undersized fish.
(c) Berry fruits that grow in the forest.
(d) A type of Cornish biscuit.

2. What does Maxim tell his wife to do?
(a) Accompany him to the library.
(b) To go upstairs and stay there out of sight.
(c) To fetch Mrs. Danvers.
(d) To go and get changed before anyone arrives.

3. What did Rebecca think of her lovers?
(a) She adored them.
(b) She thought they were good providers.
(c) She laughed at them.
(d) She thought they gave her kudos.

4. What does she believe about her relationship with Maxim?
(a) She believes she will need to work hard to get through the crisis.
(b) She believes her marriage has failed after three months.
(c) That it is over and the divorce settlement will make her rich.
(d) She believes the problems will blow over.

5. Who saw Rebecca leave the note at Favell's flat?
(a) A cab driver.
(b) Rebecca's chauffeur.
(c) The porter.
(d) A housemaid.

6. Who is the unexpected visitor that Frith announces?
(a) Jack Favell.
(b) The coroner.
(c) Rebecca's grandmother.
(d) Maxim's grandmother.

7. How does Max feel about speaking to the press?
(a) He doesn't want to make any statements.
(b) He only wants to make prepared statements.
(c) He is worried he might antagonize them.
(d) He thinks he needs them on his side.

8. Where does the narrator stand to watch the drama of the grounded ship?
(a) She stays on the beach.
(b) She stays on the clifftop.
(c) She goes to the end of the breakwater, then goes to the clifftop.
(d) She stays in the house and looks out the window.

9. Why are the shops in Layton closed?
(a) It is early closing day.
(b) It is Sunday.
(c) The shopowners have all gone to the inquest.
(d) As a mark of respect to Rebecca.

10. What has tarnished the silver dresses?
(a) The azalea scent, turned stale.
(b) Stale perfume of roses.
(c) A bottle of furniture polish.
(d) Verdigris.

11. Which words best describe Beatrice's Christmas party?
(a) Boistrous, noisy, silly and messy.
(b) Elegant, organized, but rather stodgy.
(c) Boistrous in an elegant way.
(d) Noisy, and very drunken with fights breaking out.

12. For the narrator, what is the dreadful ending to the evening?
(a) Max does not come to bed.
(b) Max is weeping for Rebecca.
(c) Mrs. Danvers and Max laugh at her.
(d) Mrs. Danvers laughs at her.

13. What does the narrator not want her husband to know?
(a) That Beatrice endangered her life in the car.
(b) The way his grandmother behaved, wanting Rebecca.
(c) That the nurse is not looking after his grandmother properly.
(d) That she visited his grandmother.

14. What does Favell think will help Ben to remember him?
(a) The people at the asylum.
(b) A good supper.
(c) A whipping.
(d) Hypnotherapy.

15. For how long would Rebecca have her hair brushed?
(a) Twenty minutes.
(b) Five minutes.
(c) Fifteen minutes.
(d) Thirty minutes.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Mrs. Danvers, why should Mrs. de Winter kill herself?

2. What does the narrator realize about Frank?

3. What does Colonel Julyan say about blackmail?

4. How many people from the ship are drowned?

5. What does Frank consider to be a universal instinct?

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