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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. About what is the narrator especially knowledgeable?
(a) Breeding partridges.
(b) The history of Manderley.
(c) The English countryside.
(d) Vineyards.

2. Which birds remind the narrator of Manderley?
(a) Ducks.
(b) Guinea fowl.
(c) Pigeons.
(d) Swans.

3. Why does the narrator think "ripping" is a poor word to describe her two weeks in Maxim's company?
(a) It's a word that is not grown-up enough for her.
(b) Her late father didn't like that expression.
(c) She avoids using slang words at all times.
(d) It's a shallow expression that doesn't convey the depth of happiness she has experienced.

4. As she flees into the interior of the house, who does the narrator encounter in the passageway?
(a) Mrs. Danvers.
(b) A scullery maid.
(c) Frith.
(d) A housemaid.

5. How does the narrator define happiness?
(a) She suggests happiness is unattainable.
(b) She says it is a quality of thought, a state of mind.
(c) She says happiness is at Manderley.
(d) She says it can be achieved through hard work.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is meant by "Jasper has gone to the happy hunting grounds"?

2. For the narrator, what gives "a glow about [her] morning"?

3. Identify the figurative language in the phrase "lies like an empty shell."

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

5. Who opens the car door for the narrator?

Short Essay Questions

1. Comment on the protagonist's conversation with Ben.

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

3. What criticisms of the British landed gentry are implied in this chapter of Rebecca?

4. Why is Maxim against his wife going off after the dog Jasper?

5. What does the protagonist learn about herself during this chapter?

6. Could this novel have been called Manderley, not Rebecca?

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

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

9. Describe the protagonist's feelings the morning after the fancy dress ball.

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

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