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

2. What object does Ben attempt to hide from the narrator?
(a) A length of twine.
(b) A box of matches.
(c) A piece of wood.
(d) A fishing line.

3. What is the narrator's attitude to the age-gap between herself and Maxim?
(a) She thinks age doesn't mean anything in marriage.
(b) She thinks Maxim is more like a father as he is so much older.
(c) She thinks it is a big barrier to their happiness.
(d) She thinks it will matter in the future.

4. What did the narrator wear on her visit to the bishop's wife?
(a) Her flannel skirt.
(b) A frock.
(c) Slacks and a tunic top.
(d) A skirt, twin set and pearls.

5. Of what is Rebecca's vase made?
(a) Bronze.
(b) Ming china.
(c) Alabaster.
(d) Poker work.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what way does the narrator disobey her husband?

2. At the time the narrator bought the postcard, how much was her weekly pocket-money?

3. From what illness is Mrs Van Hopper suffering?

4. On what floor of the hotel building is Max's suite?

5. What sort of woman does the narrator crave to be?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. What evidence is there of Rebecca's approach to her work of running Manderley?

7. What are the reasons the protagonist gives for her fear of stifling in Mrs. Van Hopper's room?

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

9. Comment on the significance of the title "Je Reviens--I come back" for Rebecca's boat.

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

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