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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. For the narrator, what is the result of Mrs Van Hopper's illness?

2. What enjoyable holiday does the bishop's wife mention?

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

4. What does Maxim tell Mrs Van Hopper about his valet?

5. What can moonlight do, according to the narrator?

Short Essay Questions

1. What images relating to death are contained in this chapter?

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

3. How do Maxim and his wife deal with what they reasonably expect could be their last evening together?

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

5. How might an alert reader/responder deduce that people are not seeing the protagonist's difference from Rebecca in a negative light?

6. What is special about Happy Valley?

7. In what ways is the protagonist of Rebecca a mystery?

8. What is it that Colonel Julyan and Jack Favell seem to be blind to concerning the meaning of Rebecca's note and her visit to Dr Baker?

9. "The devil does not ride us any more" is an example of what kind of figurative language?

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

In what ways is the novel Rebecca characteristic of the romance novel genre? Examine and comment on the structure and character dynamics in the novel. Write about 800 words.

Essay Topic 3

In a thoughtful essay, account for the continuing popularity of Daphne du Maurier's Rebecca. Write about 500 words.

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