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

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

3. What was the quality of Mrs Danvers' smile?
(a) Fawning.
(b) Proud.
(c) Tentative.
(d) Superior.

4. What can moonlight do, according to the narrator?
(a) Moonlight can reveal secrets.
(b) Moonlight can scare you.
(c) Moonlight can make you feel romantic.
(d) Moonlight can play odd tricks upon the fancy.

5. How far away do Beatrice and Giles live?
(a) Forty miles away.
(b) Fifty miles away.
(c) Two hundred miles away.
(d) Fifteen miles away.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the narrator do with the pieces of the figurine?

2. How had they left the library door?

3. What does Mrs Van Hopper ask the narrator to fetch from her room?

4. What kind of flowers are in the morning room's vases?

5. From what illness is Mrs Van Hopper suffering?

Short Essay Questions

1. What information about Jack Favell is important in this chapter.

2. Why does the protagonist feel that there is "a strange air of unreality" about her first luncheon with Maxim de Winter?

3. What changes in the protagonist are evident in this chapter?

4. Why does the protagonist feel like crying when she receives the set of books, A History of Painting?

5. Comment on Ben's significance in this chapter.

6. What images relating to death are contained in this chapter?

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

8. What is the overall tone of the opening chapter?

9. "The devil does not ride us any more" is an example of what kind of figurative language?

10. Comment on the significance of Frank's comment that humans enjoy disguises.

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