Rebecca Final Test

Question 0

Maxim

Answer 0

• wealthy
  
  • he owns manderley
  • he has others care for manderly like mrs dancers

Question 1

Narrator

Answer 1

• self conscience
  
  • self conscience about her age
  • she believes that maxim doesn’t love her

Question 2

Rebecca

Answer 2

• threatening
  
  • she threatens Ben
  • she threatens maxims relationship with the narrator

Question 3

Mrs. Danvers

Answer 3

• scary
  
  • tries to convince the narrator to jump off manderley
  • her face looks like a skull which represents death

Question 4

Mrs. Van Hopper

Answer 4

• intrusive
  
  • she wants to know what’s happening in everyone’s life
  • she wants to know what the narrators doing at all times

Question 5

Ben

Answer 5

• scared
  
  • he’s scared the narrator will put him in an asylum
  • scared of Rebecca and her threats

Question 6

Frank Crawley

Answer 6

• mysterious
  
  • you don’t know whether he pursued Rebecca of if she pursued him
  • covers up for maxim

Question 7

Beatrice

Answer 7

• caring
  
  • at the ball she helps the narrator with the dress
  • she gives the narrator the books about art

Question 8

Jack

Answer 8

• mysterious
  
  • was involved with Rebecca
  • believes that maxim killed Rebecca

Question 9

Setting

Answer 9

• 1930

- England

Question 10

Primary quality of gothic literature

Answer 10

• the ominous
• mystery
• vice
• darkness
• death
• super nature events
• brooding atmosphere
• rich moody hero
• a shy penniless heroine
• melodramatic mode
• some sensational scenes
• unnamed narrator
• local color

Question 11

Plot

Answer 11

• mystery

- suspense

Question 12

Byronic hero

Answer 12

• maxim

Question 13

East and west wing

Answer 13

• east represents a new day / rebirth
• west represents death / Rebecca
• sun rises in the east and sets in the west

Question 14

Death

Answer 14

• maxim murders Rebecca

Question 15

Decay

Answer 15

• Rebecca’s body decayed after after she died

Question 16

Descent

Answer 16

• Rebecca’s boat plunged to the bottom of the ocean

Question 17

Circular structure

Answer 17

• the novel begins and ends with the destruction of manderley

Question 18

Love of material objects

Answer 18

• maxim is obsessed with manderley even kills Rebecca because of it

Question 19

Theme

Answer 19

• the main idea the underlining meaning of a literary work; a statement about life the author conveys through literary work

Question 20

Universal theme

Answer 20

• a common theme found in different types of literature

Question 21

Theme: appearance can be deceiving

Answer 21

• Manderley appears to be something beautiful on the outside but on the inside is filled with mystery

Question 22

Theme: love of material objects can lead to downfall

Answer 22

• maxim loved manderley so much and at the end it burns down

Question 23

Theme: coming of age involves the shift from innocence to experience

Answer 23

• the narrator in the beginning is innocent to everything that is happening but over time she becomes more experienced

Question 24

Bildungsroman

Answer 24

- German word for coming of age

Question 25

Theme: good triumphs over evil

Answer 25

- the narrator in the end is no longer haunted by Rebecca and she ends up with maxim

Question 26

Symbol

Answer 26

- a person place or thing that is itself and also represents something else

Question 27

Universal symbols

Answer 27

- embody recognizable meaning whenever they are used

Question 28

Symbol: Ivy

Answer 28

- represents Rebecca | - wraps her way around everyone

Question 29

Symbol: rhododendrons

Answer 29

- monstrosity of Rebecca | - Rebecca is too powerful and too beautiful

Question 30

Symbol: sepulcher

Answer 30

- manderley is a tomb

Question 31

Symbol: padlock and chain

Answer 31

- the narrator feels locked out of manderley and maxims heart