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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Jasper?
(a) The narrator's cat.
(b) Maxim's dog.
(c) A ferret.
(d) Rebecca's dog.

2. What Monte Carlo attraction will Mrs Van Hopper miss by leaving early?
(a) A opera performance.
(b) Her bridge club.
(c) The Ballet.
(d) A reception with the Grimaldis.

3. Where does Maxim propose to take the narrator for their honeymoon?
(a) Manderley.
(b) New York.
(c) Verona.
(d) Venice.

4. What is Maxim's attitude to his past life?
(a) It is a place full of sacred memories that he does not want to share.
(b) He does not wish to remember it.
(c) He wants to accept his mistakes and move on.
(d) He wants to talk about it to free himself from its ghosts.

5. 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) Her late father didn't like that expression.
(d) It's a word that is not grown-up enough for her.

6. At the time the narrator bought the postcard, how much was her weekly pocket-money?
(a) A dime.
(b) Fourpence.
(c) Twopence.
(d) A shilling.

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

8. How does the narrator react to Maxim's invitation to lunch with him?
(a) She thinks he is just being polite and that her presence would spoil his lunch.
(b) She says nothing and goes quietly to his table.
(c) She is excited at being invited to lunch with someone so important.
(d) She is disturbed because he is flirting with her.

9. Who is responsible for attending to the narrator's letters?
(a) Maxim de Winter.
(b) Frith, the butler.
(c) Mrs. Danvers.
(d) Robert, the footman.

10. What was the quality of Mrs Danvers' smile?
(a) Proud.
(b) Superior.
(c) Fawning.
(d) Tentative.

11. How far away do Beatrice and Giles live?
(a) Forty miles away.
(b) Fifty miles away.
(c) Two hundred miles away.
(d) Fifteen miles away.

12. How are the desk pigeonholes labeled?
(a) In copperplate engraving.
(b) In Rebecca's handwriting.
(c) In Mrs Danvers' handwriting.
(d) In typewritten courier font.

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

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

15. What enjoyable holiday does the bishop's wife mention?
(a) A holiday in Australia.
(b) A walking holiday in the Pennines.
(c) A holiday at Monte Carlo.
(d) A trip on the Orient Express.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does the narrator value boredom?

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

3. What can moonlight do, according to the narrator?

4. How does the narrator feel about playing bridge?

5. How does Beatrice greet the narrator?

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