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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. In what way does the narrator disobey her husband?
(a) She puts Jasper on a leash.
(b) She lets the dog run away.
(c) She takes off her raincoat.
(d) She goes looking for the dog Jasper.

2. How does the narrator feel about playing bridge?
(a) She thinks it suits her sharp mind.
(b) She prefers it to chess.
(c) She does not enjoy it.
(d) She thinks it's like Snap and Happy Families.

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

4. What gives the impression of a church archway?
(a) Oak trees.
(b) Binsey poplars.
(c) The mingled branches of beech trees.
(d) Monster shrubs and plants.

5. What does Mrs. Danvers offer to do?
(a) To open up the rooms in the west wing and to take the narrator on a tour.
(b) To show the narrator where the stone passage is.
(c) To show the narrator how Rebecca organised her menus.
(d) To take the narrator downstairs.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Frank tell the narrator about Ben?

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

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

4. What does the narrator believe to be inevitable in everyone's life?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. What is the difficult position Mrs. de Winter imagines she might shortly be in?

7. How appropriate is Maxim's suggestion that his wife dress for the costume ball as Alice in Wonderland?

8. Is James Tabb a rounded character?

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

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

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