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Men in Jane Austen

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Introduction:
"This quiz is on the men in my five favourite Jane Austen books - "Pride and Prejudice", "Sense and Sensibility", "Emma", "Mansfield Park" and "Persuasion.""


1. How old is Mr Darcy in "Pride and Prejudice?"
    25
    37
    30
    28


2. How many of the men in these five books are a member of the clergy or about to become one? (Ignore these background characters: Dr Grant, Mr Wentworth, Mr Norris.)
    Five
    Four
    Three
    Six


3. How many men proposed more than once to the SAME woman in any of the 5 books?
    Four
    Two
    Three
    One


4. Which of these is NOT the first name of any man mentioned in any of the five books?
    Michael
    Lewis
    John
    Richard


5. In the five books, two men succeed due to the illness of the one they admire. One is Captain Benwick, (Louisa Musgrove in "Persuasion") the other is?
    Mr Bingley
    Henry Crawford
    Colonel Brandon
    Tom Bertram


6. Henry Crawford ("Mansfield Park") was a man who loved making women love him. The first two times are a success but what is so special about the third?
    He actually falls in love with her
    All of these
    She does not fall in love with him
    He proposes to her


7. George Wickham ("Pride and Prejudice") is like many other villains. He nearly elopes with Miss Darcy and everyone believes he eloped with Lydia Bennet until they are found in London. What character actually does elope to Gretna Green?
    Willoughby
    Robert Ferrars
    Frank Churchill
    Mr Yates


8. George Wickham lived in sin with Lydia Bennet in London before he was persuaded by Mr Darcy to marry her. Is he the only man in the 5 books to live in sin with a woman (i.e. sleep together but not married.)
    Yes
    No


9. Mr Wickham stops admiring Elizabeth for Miss King, a woman who had just inherited £10,000. Which of these men also reject someone they admire for money?
    Willoughby
    Mr Elton
    Henry Crawford
    Mr Darcy


10. In each of the stories there is one man who is a villain, one the deserving lover and then one or more good-natured gentlemen.
    True
    False


11. Which gentlemen is this quote referring to: "he wore a blue coat and rode a black horse"? The description is made when the girls first catch sight of him.
    Mr Wickham
    Edmund Bertram
    Mr Bingley
    Edward Ferrars


12. What is the name of Mr Collin's "humble abode"? ("Pride and Prejudice")
    Longbourn
    Rosings Vicarage
    Meryton
    Hunsford Parsonage


13. In "Pride and Prejudice" and "Sense and Sensibility" there are references to the army. In "Persuasion" and "Mansfield Park" there are references to the navy. In "Emma" are there references to the army or navy?
    To the army
    To the navy
    None to either
    References to both


14. Which of these men marries his cousin?
    Charles Hayter
    Mr Knightley
    Mr Darcy
    Edward Ferrars


15. Which of these men asks a women if she feels "a great inclination to seize such an opportunity of dancing the reel"?
    Tom Bertram
    Mr Elliot
    Mr Knightley
    Mr Darcy


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