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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. Why is the meal with Mrs Van Hopper eaten in silence?

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

3. What sort of car does Jack Favell drive?

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

5. What does the leather book contain?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Describe the protagonist's feelings the morning after the fancy dress ball.

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

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

5. What is the difficult position Mrs. de Winter imagines she might shortly be in?

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

7. What do the words "We have no secrets now" imply?

8. In what way could Rebecca's death justly be termed a suicide?

9. Why is the Manderley fancy dress ball so important?

10. Show how honesty affects the relationship of Maxim and his wife during Chapter 20 of Rebecca.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

"Rebecca contains a critique of the luxurious, idle lives of the British landed gentry." Do you agree? Is there evidence of such a critique?

Essay Topic 2

"Daphne du Maurier's accomplishment is to build a tense and engaging story around an essentially weak protagonist." Do you agree? Discuss with close reference to the characters and relationships depicted in the novel.

Essay Topic 3

"Rebecca is the strongest character in the novel, yet she never appears in it." Do you agree that Rebecca is the strongest character? What makes a strong character? Write about 500 words.

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