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Quiz about Rebecca Redux
Quiz about Rebecca Redux

"Rebecca" Redux Trivia Quiz

All but two of the characters in the novel and film love Rebecca. How much do you know about Hitchcock and the making of "Rebecca"?

A multiple-choice quiz by Robertogee. Estimated time: 5 mins.
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Author
Robertogee
Time
5 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
201,178
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
15
Difficulty
Tough
Avg Score
9 / 15
Plays
1427
Awards
Top 35% Quiz
Last 3 plays: Guest 202 (6/15), PhilT2017 (10/15), pughmv (11/15).
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Question 1 of 15
1. "Rebecca" was Alfred Hitchcock's first film in America.


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Question 2 of 15
2. "Rebecca" is the only film in which Hitchcock does not include himself in a cameo appearance.


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Question 3 of 15
3. "Rebecca" is the only film for which Hitchcock won the Academy Award for Best Director.


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Question 4 of 15
4. What is the ominous housekeeper's nickname? (She's played by Judith Anderson.) Hint


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Question 5 of 15
5. "Rebecca" won Best Picture for 1939.


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Question 6 of 15
6. Judith Anderson, who played the housekeeper in "Rebecca", was a famed British actress before making her American film debut.


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Question 7 of 15
7. Hitchcock was nominated five times for Best Director, including "Rebecca". For what five pictures was he nominated? Hint


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Question 8 of 15
8. What actress did Laurence Olivier want as his co-star in "Rebecca"? Hint


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Question 9 of 15
9. Joan Fontaine played Mrs. DeWinter in "Rebecca". What was her character's "lovely and unusual" (as described in the novel) first name? Hint


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Question 10 of 15
10. The first Mrs. DeWinter dies differently in the film than in the novel. How did she die in Hitchcock's version? Hint


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Question 11 of 15
11. What is Maxim's sister's name? Hint


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Question 12 of 15
12. What is Maxim's dog's name? Hint


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Question 13 of 15
13. Selznick and Hitchcock both tried to persuade another actor to play Maxim DeWinter. Whom did they court before "settling" for Laurence Olivier? Hint


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Question 14 of 15
14. What character actress portrayed Mrs. Van Hopper? Hint


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Question 15 of 15
15. What did Hitchcock himself say to Francois Truffaut of "Rebecca" in 1966? Hint



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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. "Rebecca" was Alfred Hitchcock's first film in America.

Answer: True

Hitchcock arrived in America in 1939 to direct "Rebecca" for producer David O. Selznick.
2. "Rebecca" is the only film in which Hitchcock does not include himself in a cameo appearance.

Answer: False

Hitchcock is seen walking by the telephone booth near the end of the film, after Favell (George Sanders) phones Mrs. Danvers.
3. "Rebecca" is the only film for which Hitchcock won the Academy Award for Best Director.

Answer: False

Hitchcock was nominated five times, though he never won. He did receive the Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in 1968.
4. What is the ominous housekeeper's nickname? (She's played by Judith Anderson.)

Answer: Danny

 Mrs. Danvers' nickname is used by Rebecca's "favorite cousin", Jack Favell, played by George Sanders.
5. "Rebecca" won Best Picture for 1939.

Answer: False

The movie won the Award in 1940, Hitchcock's only film to ever win Best Picture. "Gone With the Wind" won Best Picture for 1939.
6. Judith Anderson, who played the housekeeper in "Rebecca", was a famed British actress before making her American film debut.

Answer: False

Judith Anderson was Australian. She originally came to America from Adelaide in 1918 to star on the Broadway stage.
7. Hitchcock was nominated five times for Best Director, including "Rebecca". For what five pictures was he nominated?

Answer: "Rebecca", "Lifeboat", "Spellbound", "Rear Window", "Psycho"

 Though "Vertigo" is considered, by cineastes, to be Hitchcock's masterpiece, it was not nominated. He was also later derisive of Kim Novak's performance.
8. What actress did Laurence Olivier want as his co-star in "Rebecca"?

Answer: Vivien Leigh

 Olivier was in love with and wanted to be married to Vivien Leigh. He was reportedly cool to Joan Fontaine during shooting of "Rebecca", an attitude Hitchcock did nothing to discourage since it enhanced newcomer Fontaine's insecurities and suited her onscreen character.
9. Joan Fontaine played Mrs. DeWinter in "Rebecca". What was her character's "lovely and unusual" (as described in the novel) first name?

Answer: None of these

 Her character's name, in both the novel and the film, is never mentioned.
10. The first Mrs. DeWinter dies differently in the film than in the novel. How did she die in Hitchcock's version?

Answer: Fall

 Rebecca, knowing she has cancer, taunts Maxim with a false pregnancy by another man. He strikes her. She advances on him again, but stumbles and falls, accidentally hitting her head on ship's tackle in the boathouse. Realizing she is dead, Maxim puts her body in a boat and capsizes it at sea, to fake her accidental drowning.

In the novel, he shoots her, then fakes her drowning.

Selznick wanted to remain faithful to the novel, in which Maxim brutally shoots his treacherous first wife. The censors of the time would not permit the murder without Maxim paying the penalty.
11. What is Maxim's sister's name?

Answer: Beatrice

 Beatrice is played by British actress Gladys Cooper.
12. What is Maxim's dog's name?

Answer: Jasper

 Jasper leads the second Mrs. DeWinter to discover the infamous boathouse, where she eventually learns the truth about Rebecca's death.
13. Selznick and Hitchcock both tried to persuade another actor to play Maxim DeWinter. Whom did they court before "settling" for Laurence Olivier?

Answer: William Powell

 All three other actors were considered before Olivier. Olivier's asking price, despite his recent hit as Heathcliff in "Wuthering Heights", was $100,000 less than their first choice, William Powell.
14. What character actress portrayed Mrs. Van Hopper?

Answer: Florence Bates

 Florence Bates was originally a lawyer from Texas, who went on to co-star as a character actress in nearly 70 films, including "Lullaby of Broadway" with Doris Day.
15. What did Hitchcock himself say to Francois Truffaut of "Rebecca" in 1966?

Answer: "Well, it's not a Hitchcock picture."

 "The fact is, the story lacks humor," Hitchcock further explained, as quoted in Truffaut's book, "Hitchcock".
Source: Author Robertogee

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