Rebecca Exam Review

Daphne du Maurier

Author of Rebecca

Frank Crawley

Faithful, loyal, conventional

Mrs. De Winter

Intimidated, insecure, naive, modest

Rebecca

promiscuous, taunting, defiant, seductive

Mr. De Winter

aristocratic, handsome, wealthy, noble

Mrs. Danvers

evil, vindictive, manipulative, unstable

Beatrice

straightforward, compassionate, direct

Ben

fearful, hesitant, furtive, shy

Giles

plodding, friendly, unimaginative

Mrs. Van Hopper

pompous, overbearing, fawning

Jack Favell

threatening, devious, unpleasant

The narrator, Mrs. De Winter

The story is told from what point of view

Rebecca

Maxim’s first wife

Mrs. Van Hopper

Our narrator was, at one time, hired to be a companion to who?

Frank Crawley

Maxim’s agent, takes care of business while Maxim is away

Maxim

a wealthy widower who owns Manderley

Frith

a butler at Manderley who is kind, understanding and helpful to the narrator

Mrs. Danvers

convinces narrator to wear shocking costume to fancy ball

Beatrice

takes narrator to visit Maxim’s grandmother and regrets the trip since grandmother does not understand who the new Mrs De Winter is

Mrs Danvers

plots and plans to destroy the new Mrs De Winter

Ben

appears to be an “idiot” to strangers, but actually knows more than people think

Mrs De Winter

when thinking about her life, ______ tends to over-analyze and worry excessively about things

Dr Baker

ends up being the one with key information to the mystery of Rebecca’s death being a murderer or possible suicide

Mrs De Winter

timid, shy, and very self-conscious about being at Manderley

Frank Crawley

reassures the narrator that, “kindness and sincerity… and modesty are worth more to a man, to a husband, than all the… beauty in the world.”

sweeps the narrator off her feet with gifts

At the beginning of their relationship Maim does what?

The name of a mansion

What does the name Manderley refer to?

her name is never revealed

Name of narrator/heroine of the novel

The west wing

Where is Rebecca’s room located in the De Winter home?

Rockets go off to signal a ship has run aground

At one point in the novel, Mrs Danvers urges the narrator to jump from the window. What interrupts this scene?

Drowning

What did everyone believe was the cause of Rebecca’s death initially?

She was dying of cancer

What information is discovered about Rebecca by the end of the novel?

Manderley was burning down

When Maxim and the narrator drive home from London at the end what do they find?

It means “I will return,” and even though she did not return, her presence still lingers after death

What is the irony in the name of Rebecca’s boat Je Reviens?

“Last night I dreamt I went to Manderley again.”

What is the opening line of Rebecca?