Vocabulary
The term for "a judicial inquiry to ascertain the facts relating to an incident, such as a death."
What is an inquest?
Writing the whole word, is this true or false.
Daphne du Maurier was born to a family of aristocrats and married Lord Frederick Browning (though she did spend her marriage in a hut on his property).
What is false? (du Maurier was born to a family of artists and actors).
The wedding gift of Rebecca's that the narrator broke (hint: two words).
What is the China Cupid?
In bullet points explain three main points of a character's journey through the novel. Beginning. Middle. End.
The word that means "A small room or monument, cut in rock or built of stone, in which a dead person is laid or buried."
What is a sepulcher?
The term for "A solution or remedy for all difficulties or diseases."
What is a panacea?
Writing the whole word, is this true or false.
Rebecca creates suspense through the limited first person narration as the narrator can't see everything that is happening around her at all times as an omniscient narrator would.
What is true?
What caused Maxim to propose to the narrator.
What is she and Mrs. Van Hopper leaving for America?
List and explain two ways that du Maurier builds suspense in the novel.
{What is ooooooo spooky?}
Who the narrator thought her costume was designed after.
Who is Caroline de Winter?
The definition of Satyr.
What is "In Greek mythology a forest god that looks like a man with a goat's ears, tail, legs, and horns?" (or something close to it)?
Writing the whole word, is this true or false. If the statement is false, rewrite the sentence and underline the false portion.
Maxim de Winter is an example of a Romantic Hero archetype, a mysterious and brooding man with a dark secret (named for the writer who inspired it).
What is false?
Maxim de Winter is an example of a Romantic Hero archetype, a mysterious and brooding man with a dark secret (named for the writer who inspired it).
The metaphor at the beginning of the novel that we discussed which foreshadowed the novel's events.
What are the plants of Manderley?
Explain three details from the beginning of the story that the narrator misunderstands and how.
The name of the short story du Maurier wrote that became a famous Hitchcock film.
What is "The Birds?"
The definition of Gaucherie.
What is "Awkward, embarrassing, or unsophisticated ways" (or something close)?
Writing the whole word, is this true or false. If the statement is false, rewrite the sentence and underline the false portion.
We see internal conflict in the inquest of Rebecca's murder and external conflict in the main character's struggle to believe in herself and Maxim's love for her.
What is false?
We see internal conflict in the inquest of Rebecca's murder and external conflict in the main character's struggle to believe in herself and Maxim's love for her.
Who planned Rebecca's murder and what was used to kill her.
Who is Rebecca and what is a gun?
Explain the two sections of Rebecca and which you prefer.
{What is the romance novel, the suspense thriller, and your preference?}
What is the real end of the novel (the last thing to happen in time).
What is the narrator and Maxim living abroad after the destruction of Manderley?
The definition of foreboding.
What is "fearful apprehension; a feeling that something bad will happen" (or something close)?
Writing the whole word, is this true or false. If the statement is false, rewrite the sentence and underline the false portion.
Gothic Novels had beginnings in the twenty-first century with novels like Rebecca, Where the Red Fern Grows, and Dracula.
What is false?
Gothic Novels had beginnings in the twenty-first century with novels like Rebecca, Where the Red Fern Grows, and Dracula.
What the look Col. Julyan gave Maxim during Favell's attempt at blackmail could have meant.
He could have suspected Maxim's involvement in the murder?
Explain the three main points of your essay.
{Wow! Is that a cool essay?}
What happened to Manderley.
What is it burned down?