Rebecca

Question 1

what is Manderley?

Answer 1

The name of the mansion

Question 2

What is different about the narrator?

Answer 2

Her name is never revealed

Question 3

in what capacity does the narrator work for Mrs. Van Hopper?

Answer 3

paid companion

Question 4

where does the narrator first meet Maxim de Winter?

Answer 4

Monte Carlo

Question 5

what was the name of Maxim’s first wife?

Answer 5

Rebecca

Question 6

what is the name of the housekeeper at Manderley?

Answer 6

Mrs. Danvers

Question 7

what is the name of Maxim’s sister?

Answer 7

Beatrice

Question 8

in which wing of Manderley was Rebecca’s bedroom?

Answer 8

West wing

Question 9

who is Ben?

Answer 9

a retarded man who lives near Manderley

Question 10

what is the name of Maxim’s dog?

Answer 10

Jasper

Question 11

what is Jack Favell’s relationship to Rebecca?

Answer 11

Cousin & Lover

Question 12

how does the narrator dress at Manderley’s costume ball?

Answer 12

as Maxim’s aunt (Rebecca also wore this costume)

Question 13

who suggests her costume at the party?
why?

Answer 13

Mrs. Danvers
she was trying to sabotage the narrator

Question 14

what is the name of the butler at Manderley?

Answer 14

Frith

Question 15

what does everyone believe was the cause of Rebecca’s death?

Answer 15

drowning

Question 16

how did Rebecca really die?

Answer 16

Maxim shot her

Question 17

the night she died, what did Rebecca tell Maxim?

Answer 17

that she might be pregnant (but not with his baby)

Question 18

what is the coroner’s verdict about Rebecca’s death?

Answer 18

it was a suicide

Question 19

what does Favell accuse Maxim of doing?

Answer 19

murdering Rebecca

Question 20

who does Favell try to get to testify against Maxim?

Answer 20

Ben

Question 21

where do Maxim and the narrator first encounter the name “Baker”?

Answer 21

in Rebecca’s appointment book

Question 22

what does Dr. Baker reveal?

Answer 22

Rebecca was dying of cancer and she could not have kids

Question 23

when Maxim and the narrator drive home from London, what do they find?

Answer 23

Manderley is burning

Question 24

the narrator describes Mrs. Van Hopper as a ___

Answer 24

snob

Question 25

how is the narrator compared to Rebecca?

Answer 25

plain looking

Question 26

where does Mrs. Van Hopper think the narrator is when she is actually visiting with Maxim?

Answer 26

playing tennis

Question 27

when Maxim offers the narrator to leave with him instead of Mrs. Van Hopper, what does the narrator think he wants from her?

Answer 27

to be his seretary

Question 28

why does Maxim marry the narrator?

Answer 28

she helps him forget the past

Question 29

was Maxim's wedding proposal to the narrator romantic?

Answer 29

no

Question 30

how does Ms. Van Hopper feel about the narrator and Maxim getting married?

Answer 30

she is not happy about it

Question 31

what does the narrator lack?

Answer 31

self-esteem

Question 32

who has the same name as the narrator?

Answer 32

her father

Question 33

what is very important to Maxim?

Answer 33

Manderley

Question 34

when Maxim and the narrator first arrive at Manderley, she notices that...

Answer 34

Maxim often treats her the same way he treats Jasper, Mrs. Danvers does not like her, and there is a great deal of wasted food at Manderley

Question 35

who didn't Rebecca have affairs with while she was married to Maxim?

Answer 35

Frith

Question 36

how long after Rebecca's disappearance was her body found?

Answer 36

2 months

Question 37

the narrator starts to feel sorry for Mrs. Danvers because she now knows what?

Answer 37

Mrs. Danvers adored Rebecca

Question 38

what does Ben tell the narrator about Rebecca?

Answer 38

Rebecca threatened to throw him in a madhouse

Question 39

what is unusual about Rebecca's room?

Answer 39

it has fresh flowers and the furniture is not covered by dustsheet

Question 40

Mrs. Danvers' behaviour in Rebecca's room is what?

Answer 40

friendly yet creepy

Question 41

how does Mrs. Danvers describe Maxim and Rebecca's relationship?

Answer 41

happy lovers

Question 42

when Beatrice takes the narrator to visit the grandmother, what happened?

Answer 42

the grandmother repeatedly asked for Rebecca

Question 43

Maxim and the narrator each conceal information about __

Answer 43

Jack Favell

Question 44

Captain Seale comes to Manderley to inform Maxim that ___

Answer 44

Rebecca's boat has been discovered

Question 45

True or False? The narrator wants to keep her costume idea a secret until the ball

Answer 45

True