Rebecca

Multiple Choice and Long Answer questions create ideal opportunities for whole-book review, unit exam, or summative assessments.

Multiple Choice

1. Which of the following best describes Mrs. Van Hopper’s character?

A) Humble and honest

B) Aristocratic and social-climbing

C) Patient and thoughtful

D) Upper-class and unfriendly

2. What is Mr. de Winter’s attitude toward Mrs. Van Hopper?

A) Abrupt and sarcastic

B) Fawning and desirous

C) Hateful and spiteful

D) Loyal and brotherly

3. How does the narrator meet Mr. de Winter?

A) Mr. de Winter cleans a vase she spills.

B) The narrator introduces herself to him at a party.

C) Mrs. Van Hopper recognizes him and calls him over.

D) Mr. de Winter introduces himself in an attempt to impress Mrs. Van Hopper.

4. Which of the following motifs occurs throughout the first few chapters of the novel?

A) Revenge

B) Social class

C) The supernatural

D) Family

5. Which of the following is true about Maxim and the narrator’s relationship?

A) The narrator has most of the power in the relationship because Maxim is deeply in love with her.

B) The narrator feels abused by Maxim.

C) The narrator and Maxim often discuss the past.

D) The narrator and Maxim’s differences in age and background create a power imbalance.

6. When did Mrs. Danvers arrive at Manderley?

A) When Maxim was a boy

B) When the narrator married Maxim

C) When Rebecca first moved in

D) Before Maxim was born

7. What do the red rhododendrons symbolize?

A) Mrs. Danvers’s disdain for Rebecca

B) The narrator’s indifference toward Maxim

C) Rebecca’s fierce presence in the house

D) Maxim’s memory and longing for Rebecca

8. How does the narrator feel as she first approaches Manderley?

A) Confident

B) Impressed

C) Indifferent

D) Anxious

9. Which of the following reveals the narrator’s insecurity at Manderley?

A) The flowers of the Happy Valley

B) The broken china cupid

C) Rebecca’s abandoned bedroom

D) The boathouse

10. Why does the narrator say she gets along best with Clarice?

A) They are of a similar social class.

B) They have similar hobbies and interests.

C) They were childhood friends.

D) They both hate Mrs. Danvers.

11. Which of the following is not a commonly experienced emotion in the novel?

A) Jealousy

B) Compassion

C) Longing

D) Anxiety

12. Which of the following words best represents the tone of the novel?

A) Joyful

B) Terrifying

C) Suspenseful

D) Gentle

13. How has Mrs. Danvers taken care of Rebecca’s room?

A) She redecorated it in her own style.

B) She painted it red in honor of Rebecca.

C) She intentionally placed the narrator there to make her uncomfortable.

D) She kept it exactly as Rebecca had it before her death.

14. Why did Maxim kill Rebecca?

A) He knew he could not divorce her.

B) He was jealous of her success at Manderley.

C) He knew that she had had an affair with Frank.

D) He succumbed to his homicidal urges.

15. How does Maxim justify the murder?

A) He claims that Rebecca was going to kill him first.

B) He argues that it was an accident.

C) He claims that Rebecca wanted to die anyway.

D) He argues that he did not murder her.

Long Answer

Compose a response of 2-3 sentences, incorporating text details to support your response.

1. In what way is Rebecca a Gothic novel? What characteristics typical of Gothic literature appear in Rebecca?

2. How does the narrator change over the course of the novel?

3. What do the rhododendrons symbolize in Rebecca?