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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why does Colonel Julyan not think it would help to write to the doctor about Rebecca's consultation?
(a) He would not give out confidential patient information in that manner.
(b) The doctor probably doesn't have the medical records, as he has retired.
(c) The doctor has moved house and might not receive the letter.
(d) There is a postal strike.

3. What does Dr Baker reveal?
(a) That Rebecca had terminal cancer.
(b) That Rebecca had a serious heart condition.
(c) That Rebecca was pregnant.
(d) That Rebecca needed an operation for a malformed uterus.

4. What are Maxim's dominant feelings about his years with Rebecca?
(a) The shame of having to deceive his grandmother.
(b) His awe at Rebecca's beauty and cleverness.
(c) The shame and degradation from living a lie.
(d) Knowing other man could have what he couldn't have.

5. What story is circulated regarding Mrs. de Winter's dress?
(a) That the dressmaker sent the wrong dress.
(b) That the dress was too big and had to be returned.
(c) That the dress was in the wrong color.
(d) That the dress was ruined by the maid.

6. What does Rebecca imply during her final confrontation with Maxim?
(a) That she is pregnant with another man's child.
(b) That Maxim won't divorce her because she is pregnant.
(c) That she is pregnant with Maxim's child.
(d) That Maxim is impotent.

7. In what sort of mood is the narrator the morning after the fancy dress ball?
(a) She is tired and nervous.
(b) She is in despair.
(c) She is exhausted.
(d) She is angry and depressed.

8. Why does Frank visit the vicar?
(a) To confess what he knows about the murder.
(b) To arrange Rebecca's burial.
(c) To ask him for dinner.
(d) To borrow his car.

9. What is the narrator's first reaction to Maxim's confession that he killed Rebecca?
(a) Hysteria.
(b) Revulsion.
(c) Numbness.
(d) Indifference.

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

11. Why does the narrator tell Frank Crawley that Maxim did not come to bed?
(a) She wants him to find Max and intercede for her.
(b) She is overwrought and blurts it out unthinkingly.
(c) She trusts him, so confides in him.
(d) She wants Frank to feel sorry for her.

12. What does Maxim ask Frank to do?
(a) To take his wife in to Lanyon.
(b) To take Mrs. Danvers back to Manderley.
(c) To take his wife back to Manderley.
(d) To wait at Manderley.

13. What explanation does Maxim give for the shipping disaster?
(a) He believes the ship's captain was drunk.
(b) He believes the ship mistook the bay for Kerrith Harbour.
(c) He believes the ship had tried to avoid smugglers.
(d) He believes the ship had not taken a pilot on board.

14. What is Beatrice's theory about the holes in Rebecca's boat?
(a) She doesn't believe there were any holes in the boat.
(b) She thinks Maxim was responsible.
(c) She thinks Communists were responsible.
(d) She thinks Ben probably did it.

15. What does Frank consider to be a universal instinct?
(a) To dress up and get drunk at parties.
(b) To kill enemies.
(c) To dress up in some sort of disguise.
(d) To disguise intentions if feeling threatened.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who saw Rebecca leave the note at Favell's flat?

2. Who discovers Baker's phone number?

3. In her morning reverie, how does the protagonist/narrator depict life at Manderley?

4. What has changed concerning the relationship between the narrator and Mrs. Danvers?

5. What is Colonel Julyan's hope concerning Jack Favell?

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