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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is meant by "Jasper has gone to the happy hunting grounds"?
(a) Jasper is frisky.
(b) Jasper is dead.
(c) Jasper is a good hunting dog.
(d) Jasper is out hunting for rabbits.

2. Why is the meal with Mrs Van Hopper eaten in silence?
(a) Mrs Van Hopper is keeping silence for Lent.
(b) Mrs Van Hopper is annoyed with Max de Winter.
(c) Mrs Van Hopper likes to concentrate on the food.
(d) The narrator has nothing to say.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does the narrator think "ripping" is a poor word to describe her two weeks in Maxim's company?

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

3. How does the narrator feel about playing bridge?

4. What interrupts Mrs Van Hopper's conversation with Max de Winter?

5. How does Beatrice announce that she will be coming to lunch?

(see the answer key)

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