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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What color is the stone of which Manderley is built?
(a) Gray.
(b) Pink.
(c) Black.
(d) Olive.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How long after her drowning was Rebecca's body found?

2. What special privilege does Max extend to the narrator?

3. What was the quality of Mrs Danvers' smile?

4. What lie about her morning activities does the narrator tell Mrs Van Hopper?

5. In her dream of Manderley, the narrator stands . . .

Short Essay Questions

1. What factor does the narrator feel has been pivotal to the way her life has turned out?

2. What, in her opinion, is the servants' attitude to the protagonist in Rebecca?

3. Comment on the scene that takes place in Rebecca's room.

4. What are safe topics for the protagonist to read aloud to her husband?

5. Comment on the protagonist's feelings in Chapter 17 of Rebecca.

6. In what ways is the protagonist of Rebecca a mystery?

7. Is it reasonable for Mrs. Danvers to blame herself for Rebecca's death?

8. How do Maxim and his wife deal with what they reasonably expect could be their last evening together?

9. Is the protagonist's assessment of herself, as not having guts, a true one?

10. What do you think he means when Frank Crawley tells the protagonist that it's vitally important they they talk?

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