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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. Where is the narrator when Jack Favell discovers her?
(a) In the stone passageway.
(b) Behind the door to the morning room.
(c) Behind her study door.
(d) In the cottage.

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 annoys and astonishes Mrs Van Hopper?
(a) The difficulty of packing for the trip.
(b) That little Nancy might have appendicitis.
(c) Her realization that the narrator is happy in Europe.
(d) Her realizaton that the narrator isn't excited about going to New York.

4. In happier times, where did they take tea?
(a) In the rose garden.
(b) In the boathouse.
(c) Under the chestnut tree.
(d) On the beach.

5. What lie about her morning activities does the narrator tell Mrs Van Hopper?
(a) She says she has been playing golf with the professional.
(b) She says she has been playing tennis with the professional.
(c) She says she went to the casino.
(d) She tells Mrs Van Hopper she went for a walk.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Beatrice announce that she will be coming to lunch?

2. Who first suggests the revival of the Manderley Fancy Dress ball?

3. What excuse does the narrator give to Mrs. Danvers?

4. About what is the narrator especially knowledgeable?

5. How had they left the library door?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

2. In what ways does Mrs. Van Hopper reveal her snobbishness?

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

4. Comment on the layers of meaning in Chapter 19 of Rebecca.

5. Why is Maxim against his wife going off after the dog Jasper?

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

7. How does the new Mrs. de Winter play into Mrs. Danvers' hands during their conversation.

8. What does Maxim say is missing from his proposal?

9. Why does the protagonist say that she is coming to dread any reference to the sea?

10. Comment on the protagonist's conversation with Ben.

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