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The Book 'Rebecca' Trivia Quiz

The book 'Rebecca' by Daphne DuMaurier is an excellent story I thought. In any case we had to read it at school. Hope you enjoy my little quiz on it.

A multiple-choice quiz by Piecrust. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
Piecrust

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
67,010

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
15

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
12 / 15

Plays
2451

Last 3 plays: Guest 174 (14/15), orphic222 (15/15), Guest 192 (1/15).

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Question 1 of 15

1. What is the narrator's name in the book? Hint

never says

Shannon

Rebecca

Clarice

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Question 2 of 15

2. Who wrote the book? Hint

Frederick Vealharbon

Clarice Flourien

Daphne DuMaurier

Cloe Shofee

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Question 3 of 15

3. What is the name of the estate Maxim DeWinter and Mrs. DeWinter live on?

Answer: (starts with an 'M')

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Question 4 of 15

4. What is the name of the servant who tries to get the narrator to kill herself? Hint

Mrs. Danvers

Robert

Frith

Favell

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Question 5 of 15

5. Who killed Rebecca? Hint

the narrator

Maxim

Ben

Colonel Julyan

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Question 6 of 15

6. What color is the dress the narrator originally wore to the Fancy Dress ball? Hint

white

all different colors

red

aquamarine

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Question 7 of 15

7. What is the name of the dog that is friendly with the narrator?

Answer: (J_____)

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Question 8 of 15

8. At first how does everyone think Rebecca died? Hint

car accident

drowning

stroke

suicide

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Question 9 of 15

9. Before the narrator and Maxim married who was the narrator working for? Hint

Mrs. Baker

Lady Crowan

Mrs. Van Hopper

Rebecca

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Question 10 of 15

10. How old was the narrator when Maxim and she got married? Hint

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Question 11 of 15

11. How old did the narrator wish she were? Hint

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Question 12 of 15

12. What was the name of the doctor who gave Rebecca a motive to kill herself? Hint

Jones

Tyler

Holmes

Baker

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Question 13 of 15

13. Who is hired as the narrator's personal maid?

Answer: (C_______)

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Question 14 of 15

14. Whom did Rebecca threaten to put in the asylum if he spoke about what he saw? Hint

Frank

Ben

Frith

a peasant

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Question 15 of 15

15. At the end of the book what happens? Hint

the DeWinter's estate is on fire

the DeWinters are arrested

they go to a funeral

Favell kills a policeman

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Dec 03 2024 : Guest 174: 14/15
Nov 28 2024 : orphic222: 15/15
Nov 28 2024 : Guest 192: 1/15

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. What is the narrator's name in the book?

Answer: never says

The narrator never gives her name because she feels inferior to the well liked Rebecca.

2. Who wrote the book?

Answer: Daphne DuMaurier

The book was written in the 1930s.

3. What is the name of the estate Maxim DeWinter and Mrs. DeWinter live on?

Answer: Manderley

4. What is the name of the servant who tries to get the narrator to kill herself?

Answer: Mrs. Danvers

Mrs. Danvers loved the first Mrs. DeWinter and couldn't stand the narrator trying to take her place. Though the real Rebecca (the first Mrs. DeWinter) was malevolent and fooled everyone but Maxim.

5. Who killed Rebecca?

Answer: Maxim

Rebecca and Maxim were never intimate. The relationship was based on the fact that Rebecca would run Manderley and make it famous. She had many lovers and laughed at them behind their backs. She told Maxim she was pregnant and that her child would inherit all his wealth. He shot her. She still had an evil smile on her face when she died.

6. What color is the dress the narrator originally wore to the Fancy Dress ball?

Answer: white

Mrs. Danvers tricked the narrator into wearing the same dress Rebecca had worn her last ball. This upset Maxim and he thought the narrator was playing a cruel trick on him.

7. What is the name of the dog that is friendly with the narrator?

Answer: Jasper

8. At first how does everyone think Rebecca died?

Answer: drowning

They found her boat out at sea and assumed she drowned. Later they found her boathouse and she was locked in the bottom of it. Maxim aimed for her heart when he shot her and it missed the bone. They had no way of knowing that she was shot because she had been dead for over a year.

9. Before the narrator and Maxim married who was the narrator working for?

Answer: Mrs. Van Hopper

When Maxim met the narrator she was at Monte Carlo.

10. How old was the narrator when Maxim and she got married?

Answer: 21

Maxim was 42.

11. How old did the narrator wish she were?

Answer: 36

She wish she were more mature. She wanted to be a lady of 36 dressed in black satin. She thought Maxim would like her better then.

12. What was the name of the doctor who gave Rebecca a motive to kill herself?

Answer: Baker

The day Rebecca was murdered she went to see Dr. Baker and gave him a false name. The doctor told her she had cancer and would die a painful death and there would be no chance that she could ever have children.

13. Who is hired as the narrator's personal maid?

Answer: Clarice

Clarice was young and inexperienced. The narrator felt she could connect with her better than the sombre Mrs. Danvers.

14. Whom did Rebecca threaten to put in the asylum if he spoke about what he saw?

Answer: Ben

Ben saw her and Favell in the cottage being intimate. She threatened to put him in an asylum. Since Ben wasn't altogether there he kept quiet.

15. At the end of the book what happens?

Answer: the DeWinter's estate is on fire

Source: Author Piecrust

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