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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. Who first suggests the revival of the Manderley Fancy Dress ball?
(a) Beatrice Lacy.
(b) The bishop in a neighboring cathedral town.
(c) The wife of a bishop in a neighboring cathedral town.
(d) Mrs. Danvers.

2. Jasper is what breed of dog?
(a) A King Charles spaniel.
(b) A corgi.
(c) A cocker spaniel.
(d) A border collie.

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

4. Which things are permanent, according to the narrator?
(a) Manderley and Rebecca.
(b) Fear and suffering.
(c) The brown lilac and the Happy Valley.
(d) The bare little hotel bedroom and the dream.

5. What lie about her morning activities does the narrator tell Mrs Van Hopper?
(a) She says she has been playing golf with the professional.
(b) She tells Mrs Van Hopper she went for a walk.
(c) She says she has been playing tennis with the professional.
(d) She says she went to the casino.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What quality of the narrator's does Maxim de Winter value?

3. Why is the meal with Mrs Van Hopper eaten in silence?

4. What did the narrator wear on her visit to the bishop's wife?

5. What interesting sight does the narrator remember seeing in Monaco?

Short Essay Questions

1. In what way could Rebecca's death justly be termed a suicide?

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

3. In what ways is the protagonist of Rebecca a mystery?

4. In what ways does Mrs. Van Hopper reveal her snobbishness?

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

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

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

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

9. What impression of Beatrice is gained in this chapter of Rebecca?

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

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