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For Jane Austen Fans

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Fun Trivia : Quizzes : Austen, Jane : For Jane Austen Fans

Introduction:
"A wide range of questions on all of Jane Austen's books and a few on her life."


1. What is the missing word in the opening line of "Pride and Prejudice"? "It is a truth universally ______________ that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife."
    agreed upon
    accepted
    acknowledged
    allowed


2. What book was Jane Austen writing at the time of her death?
    The Watsons
    Sanditon
    Persuasion
    Northanger Abbey


3. Which two books are set partially in Bath?
    "Persuasion" and "Northanger Abbey"
    "Persuasion" and "Sense and Sensibility"
    "Northanger Abbey" and "Emma"
    "Sense and Sensibility" and "Emma"


4. Which book begins, "The family of Dashwood had long been settled in Sussex."?
    Pride and Prejudice
    Mansfield Park
    Emma
    Sense and Sensibility


5. What was "Northanger Abbey" originally called?
    Journey to Bath
    Catherine
    Susan
    Imagination


6. In "Mansfield Park", what is Fanny's chief form of exercise?
    riding
    dancing
    long walks
    she does not exercise


7. Does Jane Austen give any of her characters the name "Jane"?
    Yes
    No


8. Which of these ladies plays the harp?
    Isabella Thorpe
    Anne De Bourgh
    Mary Crawford
    Caroline Bingley


9. Since her father was a clergyman, Jane Austen always portrayed the clergy as good, kind, upstanding people.
    True
    False


10. Which set of sisters are not very close friends?
    Elinor and Marianne Dashwood
    Louisa and Henrietta Musgrove
    Elizabeth and Jane Bennet
    Anne and Elizabeth Elliot


11. In which book do you find the characters Fanny Ferrars, Colonel Brandon and Charlotte Palmer?
    Pride and Prejudice
    Mansfield Park
    Persuasion
    Sense and Sensibility


12. Which of these couples is NOT an example of a wife being much smarter than her husband?
    Maria Bertram and Mr. Rushworth
    Charlotte Jennings and Mr. Palmer
    Charlotte Lucas and Mr. Collins
    Elizabeth Stevenson and Sir Walter Elliott


13. In "Mansfield Park," who is the youngest daughter in the Price family?
    Susan
    Mary
    Rebecca
    Betsey


14. In "Persuasion" who was Capt Benwick engaged to before Louisa Musgrove?
    Elizabeth
    Anne
    Fanny
    Elinor


15. Which of these ladies acted in the most inappropriate Manner?
    Maria Rushworth
    Lucy Steele
    Isabella Thorpe
    Jane Fairfax


16. Who had an estate called Combe Magna?
    Colonel Brandon
    Henry Crawford
    Mr. Rushworth
    Mr. Willoughby


17. Which of these gentlemen had the greatest income?
    Mr. Rushworth
    Mr. Crawford
    Mr. Darcy
    Mr. Bingley


18. Jane Austen was a famous, celebrated author during her lifetime.
    True
    False


19. What year did Jane Austen die?
    1817
    1819
    1815
    1821


20. Where is Jane Austen buried?
    Westminister Abbey
    Winchester Cathederal
    Salisbury Cathedral
    Severton Churchyard


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