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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 kind of flowers are in the morning room's vases?
(a) Rhododendrons.
(b) Pansies and clematis.
(c) Lilacs.
(d) Roses.

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

3. For the narrator, what gives "a glow about [her] morning"?
(a) Getting away from Mrs Van Hopper.
(b) The pleasure of wearing Max's coat.
(c) Her new makeup.
(d) The pleasure of driving in the car with Max.

4. In her former life, about what was the narrator sometimes worried?
(a) The difficulty of getting good servants.
(b) The waste of food at Manderley.
(c) The waste of angel cake at Manderley.
(d) The poor quality of food at Manderley.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Of what does Mrs Danvers' face remind the narrator?

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

3. What Monte Carlo attraction will Mrs Van Hopper miss by leaving early?

4. What interesting sight does the narrator remember seeing in Monaco?

5. How does Beatrice greet the narrator?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Maxim de Winter's attitude to Mrs. Van Hopper?

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

3. What is the protagonist's vision of her life in Manderley?

4. What suggests that, when the story opens, the protagonist is in a climate different from that of the British Isles?

5. In what way could Rebecca's death justly be termed a suicide?

6. Why does the protagonist think measles are a blessing in the context of the inquest?

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

8. What does Mrs Van Hopper do to make contact with Maxim de Winter?

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

10. Why and in what way does the protagonist behave uncharacteristically?

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