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The Key to Rebecca Trivia Quiz

A quiz on "The Key to Rebecca", by Ken Follett. It is set during WWII in Egypt. It is about a German spy trying to get information on the British Army in North Africa, and a British Intelligence officer who attempts to thwart him.

A multiple-choice quiz by puitpankaj. Estimated time: 5 mins.

Author
puitpankaj

Time
5 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
306,989

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Tough

Avg Score
5 / 10

Plays
258

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Question 1 of 10

1. How did Alex Wolff, the German spy, enter Egypt? Hint

Through the Sahara desert, on foot.

On a ship, using a fake identity

By a parachute

None of these

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Question 2 of 10

2. Who was the British soldier killed by Wolff in Assyut? Hint

Major Vandam

Corporal Cox

Captain Newman

Lieutenant Bogge

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Question 3 of 10

3. Who was the Egyptian Jewish woman chosen by Vandam to pick up gossip and street talk that would enable him to capture Alex Wolff? Hint

None of these

Elene Fontana

They are different names of the same woman

Abigail Asnani

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Question 4 of 10

4. What was the name of the Egyptian thief cum businessman who helped Wolff? Hint

Ibrahim

Ishmael

Abdullah

Achmed Rahmha

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Question 5 of 10

5. What was the name of Sonja el-Aram's houseboat in which Wolff was hiding? Hint

Jihan

Fatah

Zamalek

Jannah

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Question 6 of 10

6. Who was the English major seduced by Sonja el-Aram? Hint

Lucius Carter

Howard Wilson

Alexander Smith

Patrick Bedford

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Question 7 of 10

7. What was the name of the major British counterattack, of which Wolff sent full details to Rommel two days in advance, leading to a disaster for the British Army? Hint

Operation Dundee

Operation Edinburgh

Operation Glasgow

Operation Aberdeen

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Question 8 of 10

8. What was Alex Wolff's codename, as known to the Germans?

Answer: (One Word, something that asks riddles and the most famous one is found at Giza)

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Question 9 of 10

9. What was the name of the German intelligence organistaion Alex Wolff worked for?

Answer: (One Word)

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Question 10 of 10

10. The novel is named so because the code used by Alex Wolff was based on the book "Rebecca". Who wrote the novel "Rebecca"? Hint

Harriet Beacher Stowe

Agatha Christie

Daphne du Maurier

Henry Rider Haggard

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. How did Alex Wolff, the German spy, enter Egypt?

Answer: Through the Sahara desert, on foot.

Wolff walked through the Sahara desert for two months, but his efforts to enter Egypt unobserved were in vain as he ran into British soldiers straight away near Assyut, a town in upper Egypt.

2. Who was the British soldier killed by Wolff in Assyut?

Answer: Corporal Cox

Captain Newman was suspicious of Wolff, and ordered Corporal Cox to stay on him. This left Wolff with no choice but to kill Cox and escape.

3. Who was the Egyptian Jewish woman chosen by Vandam to pick up gossip and street talk that would enable him to capture Alex Wolff?

Answer: They are different names of the same woman

Elene Fontana was a young Jewish girl from Alexandria living in Cairo. She tried to get into Palestine, but was refused because of the quota imposed by the British. She agreed to work with Vandam, and slowly became attracted to him.

4. What was the name of the Egyptian thief cum businessman who helped Wolff?

Answer: Abdullah

Accroding to Wolff, Abdullah was loyal to his family, but he would cheat everyone else and expected them to try to cheat him. Ishmael was Wolff's cousin on his stepfather's side. Achmed Rahmha was Wolff's Arab name, which he had taken after his mother had married an Egyptian, Gamal Rahmha.

5. What was the name of Sonja el-Aram's houseboat in which Wolff was hiding?

Answer: Jihan

Sonja el-Aram was a belly dancer who was also an Egyptian nationalist and Wolff's accomplice. The British knew about Wolff's ancestral home and had his description sent to all hotels and lodges in Cairo. As a result, Wolff had only one place left, his ex-lover's home.

6. Who was the English major seduced by Sonja el-Aram?

Answer: Alexander Smith

Sonja el-Aram blindly hated the British and thus agreed to seduce Smith to help Wolff. Wolff would obtain information from Smith's briefcase while he was in bed with Sonja.

7. What was the name of the major British counterattack, of which Wolff sent full details to Rommel two days in advance, leading to a disaster for the British Army?

Answer: Operation Aberdeen

The radio message from Wolff included the names of the brigades involved, the timing of various stages of the attack, and the overall strategy. As a result, the invasion ended in a "massacre" of the British troops.

8. What was Alex Wolff's codename, as known to the Germans?

Answer: Sphinx

True to his codename, Alex Wolff alias Achmed Rahmha became a big riddle to Major William Vandam.

9. What was the name of the German intelligence organistaion Alex Wolff worked for?

Answer: Abwehr

When Wolff realized that Abwehr had supplied him with counterfeit notes with obvious errors that nearly led to his arrest, he began to wonder if its chief Canaris's loyalties really lay with Hitler or not.

10. The novel is named so because the code used by Alex Wolff was based on the book "Rebecca". Who wrote the novel "Rebecca"?

Answer: Daphne du Maurier

The novel "Rebecca" by Daphne du Maurier was the basis of a secret code used by Alex Wolff in "The Key to Rebecca". The code was a variation on the one tome pad.
"Rebecca" was actually chosen by the Germans as the basis for their codes in WWII, but was not ultimately used because the German receiving station was captured by the allies.

Source: Author puitpankaj

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