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Rebecca

Daphne du Maurier

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What does the name "Manderley" denote?

(A) The first name of the heroine's husband

(B) The name of a mansion

(D) The last name of the heroine's husband

What is the name of Rebecca's heroine?

(A) Rebecca

(B) Beatrice

(D) Clarissa

In what capacity does the heroine work for Mrs. Van Hopper?

(A) Nurse

(B) Companion

(D) Chauffeur

Where does the heroine first meet Maxim de Winter?

(A) Paris

(B) London

(D) Monte Carlo

What was the name of Maxim's first wife?

(A) Mrs. Danvers

(B) Rebecca

(D) He did not have a first wife

What is the name of the housekeeper at Manderley?

(A) Mrs. Danvers

(B) Mrs. Dalloway

(D) Beatrice

What is the name of Maxim's sister?

(A) Lavinia

(B) Beatrice

(D) Daisy

In which wing of Manderley was Rebecca's bedroom?

(A) The west wing

(B) The north wing

(D) The south wing

Who is Ben?

(A) The overseer of Manderley

(B) A retarded man in Monte Carlo

(D) A retarded man who lives near Manderley

What is the name of one of Maxim's dogs?

(A) Jasper

(B) Ben

(D) Maxim

What is Jack Favell's relationship to Rebecca?

(A) Ex-husband

(B) Cousin

(D) He has no relation to her

How does the heroine dress at Manderley's costume ball?

(A) A clown

(B) A soldier

(D) A woman in a painting

Who suggests her costume at the party?

(A) Mrs. Danvers

(B) Maxim

(D) Mrs. Van Hopper

At one point in the book, Mrs. Danvers urges the heroine to jump from the window. What interrupts the scene?

(A) Rockets go off to celebrate the end of the party

(B) Rockets go off to signal that a ship has run aground

(D) Frank walks in on the two women

What is the name of the butler at Manderley?

(A) Bunter

(B) Nestor

(D) Stevens

What does everyone believe was the cause of Rebecca's death?

(A) A hunting accident

(B) Cancer

(D) Poison

How did Rebecca really die?

(A) By drowning

(B) By suicide

(D) Favell shot her

The night she died, what did Rebecca tell Maxim?

(A) That she was pregnant

(B) That she was sleeping with Favell

(D) That she was going to kill herself

The coroner's verdict, after Rebecca's body turns up, is that she died:

(A) By suicide

(B) By murder

(D) By poison

Of what does Favell accuse Maxim of having done?

(A) Bribed the coroner

(B) Murdered Rebecca

(D) Tried to murder the heroine

Whom does Favell try to get to testify against Maxim?

(A) Frank Crawley

(B) The heroine

(D) Ben

Where do Maxim and the heroine first encounter the name "Baker"?

(A) In Rebecca's will

(B) In Rebecca's letter to Favell

(D) In Maxim's diary

What does Dr. Baker reveal?

(A) Rebecca was dying of cancer

(B) Rebecca was pregnant

(D) He never examined Rebecca

What else does the doctor reveal?

(A) That Favell was not the father of Rebecca's child

(B) That Rebecca was sterile

(D) That Rebecca said she was going to kill herself

When Maxim and the heroine drive home from London, what do they find?

(A) Police are waiting to arrest Maxim

(B) Mrs. Danvers has killed herself

(D) Manderley is burning

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