1.
For Jane Austen Fans
20 questions
Tough, 20 Qns, alirho17, Mar 07 07
A wide range of questions on all of Jane Austen's books and a few on her life.
Tough
alirho17
Mar 07 07
3486 plays
2.
Jane Austen's Men
10 questions
Average, 10 Qns, pagiedamon, May 12 08
Who doesn't love the dashing men from Jane Austen's novels? Take this quiz and see how well you know them!
Recommended for grades: 11,12
Average
pagiedamon
May 12 08
3519 plays
3.
Jane Austen's Ladies
10 questions
Average, 10 Qns, Fifiona81, Feb 01 17
This quiz is about those ladies in Jane Austen's works who actually held the title of 'Lady'.
Recommended for grades: 11,12
Average
Fifiona81
Feb 01 17
366 plays
4.
Jane Austen's Sibling Sets
10 questions
Average, 10 Qns, Fifiona81, Mar 05 18
All of Jane Austen's heroes and heroines had at least one brother or sister. Can you match each set of siblings with the surname they shared (at least until some of the sisters got married)?
Recommended for grades: 11,12
Average
Fifiona81
Mar 05 18
255 plays
5.
Jane Austen's Rich Young Women
10 questions
Average, 10 Qns, Fifiona81, Nov 19 17
"It is a truth universally acknowledged", that quite a few of Jane Austen's young female characters were "in possession of a good fortune" and therefore "in want of a" husband. Here's some questions about them.
Recommended for grades: 11,12
Average
Fifiona81
Nov 19 17
324 plays
6.
Jane Austen's Characters
10 questions
Average, 10 Qns, Elanor, Jun 04 02
Don't get me wrong, I love Jane Austen's novels. But there are certain types of character that appear in more that one of her works. How well do you know her characters?
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Elanor
Jun 04 02
5568 plays
7.
Jane Austen's Great Estates
10 questions
Average, 10 Qns, Fifiona81, Sep 21 17
The lines "Thou art not, Penshurst, built to envious show, / Of touch or marble; nor canst boast a row" open Ben Jonson's 'To Penshurst', an archetypal country house poem. This quiz is about country houses (not called Penshurst) in works by Austen.
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Fifiona81
Sep 21 17
309 plays
8.
Jane Austen Major Works
25 questions
Average, 25 Qns, alirho17, Jan 19 07
A broad range of questions covering Jane Austen's six major novels. Some are easy, some more challenging.
Average
alirho17
Jan 19 07
2889 plays
9.
Jane Austen's Clergymen
10 questions
Average, 10 Qns, Fifiona81, Jan 13 18
In Jane Austen's England there was a limited list of respectable career options available to young men from the upper classes - one of which was the church. How much do you know about the clergymen who appeared in her novels?
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Fifiona81
Jan 13 18
231 plays
10.
Suitors, Admirers, and Beaux in Jane Austen
25 questions
Average, 25 Qns, robynraymer, Dec 29 02
Every Jane Austen plot hinges on one or more romances (real and imagined). How much do you know about romantic attachments among JA characters? PS--please join Friends Group #116, the Jane Austen Lovers group (see homepage).
Average
robynraymer
Dec 29 02
3996 plays
11.
Jane Austen's Military Men
10 questions
Average, 10 Qns, Fifiona81, Feb 22 16
In Jane Austen's England there was a limited list of respectable career options available to young men from the upper classes - one of which was the armed forces. How much do you know about the military men who appeared in her novels?
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Fifiona81
Feb 22 16
366 plays
12.
Jane Austen Characters Whom We Love to Hate
10 questions
Average, 10 Qns, robynraymer, May 20 04
Jane Austen had a genius for creating unsympathetic but funny characters. I hope you enjoy revisiting them. And please join Friends Group #116, the Jane Austen Lovers group (see homepage).
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robynraymer
May 20 04
3210 plays
13.
Twisted Sisters in Jane Austen novels
15 questions
Average, 15 Qns, Janeite, Mar 26 07
Jane Austen enjoyed ridiculous characters and was adept at sketching them in her novels. She usually provides us with at least one very silly, arrogant or otherwise twisted sister in every novel. This quiz is about them.
Average
Janeite
Mar 26 07
2094 plays
14.
Jane Austen's Real-Life Locations
10 questions
Average, 10 Qns, Fifiona81, Jul 14 18
Jane Austen's characters occasionally travelled to real-life locations in England. Can you match up the events that occurred in one of these places with the novel in which they appeared or were mentioned?
Recommended for grades: 11,12
Average
Fifiona81
Jul 14 18
189 plays
15.
Polite Intercourse in Jane Austen Novels
15 questions
Average, 15 Qns, robynraymer, Jun 18 02
I'll give you a line of dialogue from one of the six main JA novels. You find the character who said it or wrote it in a letter. Good luck! PS--please join Friends Group #116, the Jane Austen Lovers group (see homepage).
Average
robynraymer
Jun 18 02
3504 plays
16.
Letters in Jane Austen's Major Works
10 questions
Average, 10 Qns, Janeite, Aug 10 08
In many of her novels, Jane Austen sometimes turned plot lines by using the device of letter writing. Following are questions about some letters found in her major works. You only need to know who wrote each letter, and to whom. Have fun!
Recommended for grades: 11,12
Average
Janeite
Aug 10 08
1416 plays
17.
Weary Ankles, Dirty Stockings
10 questions
Average, 10 Qns, robynraymer, Oct 29 01
JA characters take numerous short walks, long journeys, and 'turns about the room.' This quiz asks why. PS--please join Friends Group #116, the Jane Austen Lovers group (see homepage).
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robynraymer
Oct 29 01
2187 plays
18.
From the Darcys to the Wentworths
15 questions
Average, 15 Qns, robynraymer, Aug 11 01
I give you the name of a JA character. You identify the person this character ends up marrying or the character he or she married before the book action begins. PS--please join Friends Group #116, the Jane Austen Lovers group (see homepage).
Average
robynraymer
Aug 11 01
2457 plays
19.
Jane Austen: Minor Works
25 questions
Very Difficult, 25 Qns, anselm, Oct 17 03
If you don't know this stuff - CHEAT FIRST at places like http://home.earthlink.net/~lfdean/austen/juvenilia. You won't be sorry - it's a scream, quite unlike her mature works.
Very Difficult
anselm
Oct 17 03
516 plays
20.
Kissing Cousins and Family Trees
10 questions
Average, 10 Qns, skylarb, Jan 14 03
The family relationships in Jane Austen's novels can be complex. Cousins, particularly, abound. How much do you know about the family trees of Jane Austen's characters? Answer these multiple choice questions.
Average
skylarb
Jan 14 03
1917 plays
21.
From Mr. Collins to Mr. Woodhouse
20 questions
Average, 20 Qns, robynraymer, Jul 13 01
I'll mention 3 or more Austen characters (chosen from all 6 novels). You have to figure out what they have in common. PS--please join Friends Group #116, the Jane Austen Lovers group (see homepage).
Average
robynraymer
Jul 13 01
2916 plays
22.
Jane Austen's Introductions
10 questions
Average, 10 Qns, Fifiona81, May 09 17
Jane Austen managed to match up and marry off quite a few couples during the course of her six completed novels. Take this quiz to find out how much you remember about the circumstances around how they first met.
Average
Fifiona81
May 09 17
1284 plays
23.
Men in Jane Austen
15 questions
Tough, 15 Qns, tayl0rina, Aug 05 04
This quiz is on the men in my five favourite Jane Austen books - "Pride and Prejudice", "Sense and Sensibility", "Emma", "Mansfield Park" and "Persuasion."
Tough
tayl0rina
Aug 05 04
1875 plays
24.
Jane Austen Anagrams
10 questions
Tough, 10 Qns, Knightengale, Nov 15 03
All anagrams are characters from Jane Austen's published novels. Answers should be the character's first and last names, unless the clue instructs otherwise.
Tough
Knightengale
Nov 15 03
780 plays
25.
From Netherfield to Uppercross
10 questions
Average, 10 Qns, robynraymer, Oct 08 01
I give you a character's name. You find his or her home. PS--please join Friends Group #116, the Jane Austen Lovers group (see homepage).
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robynraymer
Oct 08 01
1905 plays
26.
Lady Susan
10 questions
Average, 10 Qns, alirho17, Feb 04 07
"Lady Susan" is one of Jane Austen's lesser known works. This should be an easy quiz for anyone who has read the book.
Average
alirho17
Feb 04 07
378 plays
27.
Locations in the Novels of Jane Austen
10 questions
Average, 10 Qns, Janeite, Jan 23 06
Ask a real estate agent and he'll tell you it's all about location! Here is a mix of locations in Jane Austen's various novels and in the lives of her characters. I hope you enjoy this quiz, I tried to make it fun and informative.
Average
Janeite
Jan 23 06
792 plays
28.
A Nice Basin of Gruel
10 questions
Average, 10 Qns, robynraymer, Aug 02 01
This is a quick, short multiple-choice quiz on details pertaining to JA characters' quirks and personality traits. PS--please join Friends Group #116, the Jane Austen Lovers group (see homepage).
Average
robynraymer
Aug 02 01
2022 plays
29.
Where Do I Reside?
10 questions
Average, 10 Qns, robynraymer, May 22 16
Match each Jane Austen character to the place where he or she resides.
Average
robynraymer
May 22 16
195 plays
30.
Regency Rogues
15 questions
Average, 15 Qns, janeross, Nov 07 03
In most Jane Austen novels, there is a villain who has designs on the heroine. This quiz is about the 'baddies' in three of my favourite Austen novels. I hope you enjoy it.
Average
janeross
Nov 07 03
1452 plays
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