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

2. What does the narrator find in the raincoat pocket?
(a) A note from Rebecca.
(b) A monogrammed handkerchief.
(c) A monogrammed cigarette case.
(d) A bloodstained handkerchief.

3. How is the narrator reminded of an English spring?
(a) By looking through her photograph album.
(b) Through news of England on the radio.
(c) Through conversations with Maxim.
(d) Through old copies of the magazine Field.

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

5. In what setting does the narrator think Max de Winter belongs?
(a) In an imposing London bank building.
(b) At Palm Beach in Florida.
(c) A fifteenth century walled city.
(d) On the cover of a magazine like Tatler.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what colors is the buoy painted?

2. In her dream of Manderley, the narrator stands . . .

3. To what does the word "gaucherie" refer?

4. From what illness is Mrs Van Hopper suffering?

5. How are the desk pigeonholes labeled?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What reasons does Favell assert will prevent him from getting justice over Rebecca's death?

3. Why is Maxim so upset when his wife comments that there would never be any gossip about her?

4. How might an alert reader/responder deduce that people are not seeing the protagonist's difference from Rebecca in a negative light?

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

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

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

8. What do the words "We have no secrets now" imply?

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

10. What complications enter the story via Jack Favell?

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