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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 23.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Which of these statements is true of Mrs Van Hopper?
(a) She likes matchmaking.
(b) She is assertive and interesting.
(c) She is pushy, tactless, insensitive and boring,
(d) She is refined and courteous.

3. What story is circulated regarding Mrs. de Winter's dress?
(a) That the dress was in the wrong color.
(b) That the dress was too big and had to be returned.
(c) That the dressmaker sent the wrong dress.
(d) That the dress was ruined by the maid.

4. What does Maxim tell Mrs Van Hopper about his valet?
(a) He says his valet gossips.
(b) He says he does not have a valet.
(c) He says that he overpays his valet.
(d) He says he does not like travelling alone and the valet is company.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mrs. Danvers suggest to the narrator?

2. Who does Max describe as being "invariably late for dinner"?

3. What did the narrator do with the pieces of the figurine?

4. According to Mrs. Danvers, why should Mrs. de Winter kill herself?

5. How does the narrator feel about visiting Maxim's grandmother?

(see the answer key)

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