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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 does Maxim tell his wife about the east wing?

2. What color is the stone of which Manderley is built?

3. Why does the narrator think "ripping" is a poor word to describe her two weeks in Maxim's company?

4. What does the narrator find in the pocket of the car?

5. How does the narrator respond to Maxim's note?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What does Mrs Van Hopper do to make contact with Maxim de Winter?

4. Why and in what way does the protagonist behave uncharacteristically?

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

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

7. Comment on the significance of the title "Je Reviens--I come back" for Rebecca's boat.

8. What factor does the narrator feel has been pivotal to the way her life has turned out?

9. How does the new Mrs. de Winter play into Mrs. Danvers' hands during their conversation.

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Examine the relationships of the couples presented in Rebecca. Look at Maxim and Rebecca; Maxim and his new wife; Rebecca and Jack Favell; Beatrice and Giles. How do these relationships affect the development of the story?

Essay Topic 2

"Rebecca is a novel that could not exist without the British class system of the 1930s." Discuss with close reference to relationships depicted in the novel.

Essay Topic 3

"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.

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