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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the narrator show she is nervous around the servants?

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

3. For the narrator, what gives "a glow about [her] morning"?

4. What lie about her morning activities does the narrator tell Mrs Van Hopper?

5. What is it that the narrator describes as like a dark hand?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What impression of Beatrice is gained in this chapter of Rebecca?

4. What is the purpose of the opening chapter of Rebecca?

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

6. What information about Jack Favell is important in this chapter.

7. What attracts Maxim to the protagonist of the novel Rebecca?

8. Is it reasonable for Mrs. Danvers to blame herself for Rebecca's death?

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

10. "The devil does not ride us any more" is an example of what kind of figurative language?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In a thoughtful essay, examine the place of landscape in the novel. Does it connect with character, theme and action? Does it provide emotional depth? Remember that there is not only the landscape at Manderley. Write 500 words.

Essay Topic 2

Did Rebecca de Winter deserve to die? Should her husband have been punished (through the law) for her murder? Examine the moral dilemma. Is there indeed a moral dilemma at all? Write the text of a speech you might give to some law students.

Essay Topic 3

"Romance and drama are essential to interesting lives, and Rebecca supplies plenty of this!" Examine the romance and drama in Rebecca. What techniques does the author use to create a strong story that engages the reader?

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