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

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

3. About what is the narrator especially knowledgeable?

4. In her dream of Manderley, the narrator stands . . .

5. Where is the narrator when Jack Favell discovers her?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is special about Happy Valley?

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

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

4. What do you think he means when Frank Crawley tells the protagonist that it's vitally important they they talk?

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

6. What is the effect on the protagonist of her days spent with Maxim?

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

"Mrs Danvers is not the antagonist in Rebecca: the real antagonist is Rebecca de Winter." Do you agree? Why or why not? Examine the power dynamics in the novel.

Essay Topic 2

Write a considered essay on characterization in Rebecca. Which characters are rounded and which flat? Are any of the characters stereotypes? Comment on the importance of minor characters like Robert, Ben and Giles.

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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