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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. On what floor of the hotel building is Max's suite?
(a) It is on the third floor.
(b) It is on the seventh floor.
(c) It's on the second floor.
(d) It is on Level 148.
2. 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 wants to accept his mistakes and move on.
(c) He does not wish to remember it.
(d) He wants to talk about it to free himself from its ghosts.
3. What color is the stone of which Manderley is built?
(a) Pink.
(b) Olive.
(c) Gray.
(d) Black.
4. 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) It's a word that is not grown-up enough for her.
(c) Her late father didn't like that expression.
(d) She avoids using slang words at all times.
5. In what condition is the sofa-bed in the boathouse?
(a) It has been reupholstered.
(b) It is ripped open
(c) It is stained with blood.
(d) It has been nibbled by mice and rats--not in good condition.
Short Answer Questions
1. What does the leather book contain?
2. Who does Max describe as being "invariably late for dinner"?
3. Why does the narrator feel comfortable with her maid Clarice?
4. What excuse does the narrator give to Mrs. Danvers?
5. What quality of the narrator's does Maxim de Winter value?
Short Essay Questions
1. Is it reasonable for Mrs. Danvers to blame herself for Rebecca's death?
2. Why does the protagonist feel like crying when she receives the set of books, A History of Painting?
3. Comment on the scene that takes place in Rebecca's room.
4. What is the effect on the protagonist of her days spent with Maxim?
5. Show how honesty affects the relationship of Maxim and his wife during Chapter 20 of Rebecca.
6. Comment on the layers of meaning in Chapter 19 of Rebecca.
7. 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?
8. Why is Maxim so upset when his wife comments that there would never be any gossip about her?
9. What is the effect of the description of the London streets in Chapter 26 of Rebecca?
10. "The devil does not ride us any more" is an example of what kind of figurative language?
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