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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 was the quality of Mrs Danvers' smile?

2. On what floor of the hotel building is Max's suite?

3. From what illness is Mrs Van Hopper suffering?

4. Who opens the car door for the narrator?

5. In what colors is the buoy painted?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Comment on Ben's significance in this chapter.

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

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

5. Why does the protagonist think measles are a blessing in the context of the inquest?

6. Why is Maxim against his wife going off after the dog Jasper?

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

8. Why does the protagonist say that she is coming to dread any reference to the sea?

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

10. What criticisms of the British landed gentry are implied in this chapter of Rebecca?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

"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 3

"Manderley is the major character in the novel Rebecca." How far do you agree with this statement? What is the meaning of its destruction? Why doesn't Maxim simply rebuild it?

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