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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. With what does Mrs Van Hopper compare Manderley?
(a) Buckingham Palace.
(b) Palm Beach.
(c) An Irish castle.
(d) Fairy-land.

2. How does Mrs Van Hopper misjudge the conversation with Maxim de Winter?
(a) She believes Max thinks she is witty.
(b) She believes Max was flirting with the narrator.
(c) She thinks Max is falling for her.
(d) She thinks Max was embarrassed by the narrator's behavior.

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

4. From what illness is Mrs Van Hopper suffering?
(a) Pancreatitis.
(b) Asthma.
(c) Influenza.
(d) Pneumonia.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What gives the impression of a church archway?

2. What does Mrs Van Hopper ask the narrator to fetch from her room?

3. How does the narrator feel about playing bridge?

4. How long after her drowning was Rebecca's body found?

5. Who is Jasper?

Short Essay Questions

1. What leads to the protagonist's encounter with Mrs. Danvers in the west wing?

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

3. What are safe topics for the protagonist to read aloud to her husband?

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

5. What are the reasons the protagonist gives for her fear of stifling in Mrs. Van Hopper's room?

6. What is it that Colonel Julyan and Jack Favell seem to be blind to concerning the meaning of Rebecca's note and her visit to Dr Baker?

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

8. What is the effect of the description of the London streets in Chapter 26 of Rebecca?

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

10. Describe the protagonist's feelings the morning after the fancy dress ball.

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