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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. Who opens the car door for the narrator?

2. What does the narrator find in the raincoat pocket?

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

4. What does Frank think about the narrator?

5. At the time the narrator bought the postcard, how much was her weekly pocket-money?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is Maxim de Winter's attitude to Mrs. Van Hopper?

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

4. Why is Maxim so upset when his wife comments that there would never be any gossip about her?

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

6. What are safe topics for the protagonist to read aloud to her husband?

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

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

9. What changes in the protagonist are evident in this chapter?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

"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.

Essay Topic 2

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 3

"Exploring moral dilemmas in fiction prepares us to make decisions in the real world." Discuss this statement, making close reference to the way characters deal with moral issues in Rebecca.

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