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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. What object does Ben attempt to hide from the narrator?

2. What did the narrator wear on her visit to the bishop's wife?

3. With what does Mrs Van Hopper compare Manderley?

4. How is Manderley's drive different from how the narrator imagined it?

5. What does the narrator believe to be inevitable in everyone's life?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why does the protagonist feel like crying when she receives the set of books, A History of Painting?

3. What is special about Happy Valley?

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

5. Why does the protagonist feel that there is "a strange air of unreality" about her first luncheon with Maxim de Winter?

6. What evidence is there of Rebecca's approach to her work of running Manderley?

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Which character did you most engage with when reading Rebecca? Which character did you most dislike? Write an essay in which you compare and contrast these two characters and reflect about what you have learned through experiencing them in the world of the novel.

Essay Topic 2

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 3

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.

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