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This test consists of 5 short answer questions and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the game the narrator feels is being played with Mrs. Danvers?

2. How is the narrator's entrance to the ball announced?

3. What does the Coroner say about Mr Tubb's workmanship?

4. What has changed concerning the relationship between the narrator and Mrs. Danvers?

5. What does Favell think will help Ben to remember him?

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

"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.

Essay Topic 3

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.

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