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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. How is Manderley's drive different from how the narrator imagined it?
(a) The gravel is red, not white.
(b) It seems neglected, needs resurfacing.
(c) There are no trees lining it.
(d) It is not wide and straight, but narrow and serpentine.

2. What quality of the narrator's does Maxim de Winter value?
(a) Her unspoiled youth.
(b) Her sophistication and dress sense.
(c) Her ability to lie to Mrs Van Hopper.
(d) Her beautiful fingernails.

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

4. How is the narrator reminded of an English spring?
(a) Through news of England on the radio.
(b) Through conversations with Maxim.
(c) Through old copies of the magazine Field.
(d) By looking through her photograph album.

5. What excuse does the narrator give to Mrs. Danvers?
(a) She says she has a headache.
(b) She says she has lost her key.
(c) She says she is looking for a book.
(d) She says she has lost her way.

Short Answer Questions

1. In her former life, about what was the narrator sometimes worried?

2. From the woods, where does Maxim say the right-hand path leads?

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

4. What is an appropriate word to use for the dream picture of Manderley's grounds and garden?

5. Jasper is what breed of dog?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Maxim de Winter's attitude to Mrs. Van Hopper?

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

3. In what ways does Rebecca conform to the genre of romance fiction?

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

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

6. Is the protagonist's assessment of herself, as not having guts, a true one?

7. Why and in what way does the protagonist behave uncharacteristically?

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

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

10. Why is the Manderley fancy dress ball so important?

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