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Quiz about Georgette Heyers Rejected Suitors
Quiz about Georgette Heyers Rejected Suitors

Georgette Heyer's Rejected Suitors Quiz


Georgette Heyer's Regency romances end with happy pairings, sometimes more than one of them, but often other suitors are refused along the way. Clues are from the plot, you choose the name of the rejected suitor.

A multiple-choice quiz by bexze. Estimated time: 5 mins.
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Author
bexze
Time
5 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
221,889
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
10
Difficulty
Average
Avg Score
7 / 10
Plays
1056
Awards
Top 35% Quiz
Last 3 plays: Guest 96 (9/10), Guest 24 (6/10), Guest 90 (8/10).
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Question 1 of 10
1. Although Venetia eventually finds happiness with a rakish Lord, her father would have preferred her to marry his godson. Who is this "worthy" suitor, the only man permitted to cross her father's threshold? Hint


Question 2 of 10
2. In "Cotillion", Kitty's guardian makes her his heiress on condition that she marry one of his great-nephews. Kitty enters into a fake engagement which eventually ripens into a real one. Who is the dashing rake that her guardian hopes she will marry, and who takes her too much for granted? Hint


Question 3 of 10
3. Another high-spirited heroine, in "The Grand Sophy" eventually ends up with her cousin Charles. However, she also unaccountably attracts the attentions of a dull young man, fond of recounting his Jamaican travels. Who is he? Hint


Question 4 of 10
4. In "The Talisman Ring", Eustacie de Vauban's grandfather instructs her to marry her cousin in his last hours, but she rejects him in favor of her more romantic cousin, Ludovic. Who is their unromantic cousin, who declines to ride ventre á terre to her imagined future deathbed? He finds a more suitable mate himself in Miss Sarah Thane. Hint


Question 5 of 10
5. Although Lady Serena eventually resumes her engagement to the Marquis of Rotherham, in "Bath Tangle", in the interim she meets her first love again. What is the name of the young man who eventually decides her stepmother is better suited to him? Hint


Question 6 of 10
6. Although not precisely a legitimate aspirant to her hand, Nell catches the eye of her cousin's crony in "The Tollgate." Who is this sinister thug, who lets her know he likes his women and horses "full of spirit?"
Hint


Question 7 of 10
7. Frederica comes to London to find a husband for her sister Charis, and ends up with a Marquis for herself. However, it is the Marquis' nephew, described by her brother as "a prosy bore", who first offers for her. Hint


Question 8 of 10
8. Although she is already wed, a most ungentlemanly fellow makes it his quest to ruin Horatia. Who is this attractive but unsuccessful seducer in "The Convenient Marriage?" Hint


Question 9 of 10
9. Although the heroine, Drusilla Morville, is a prosaic young woman of no more than passable good looks, there is a diamond of the first water in "The Quiet Gentleman." Who aspires unsuccessfully, secretly, and murderously to the hand of Marianne?
Hint


Question 10 of 10
10. Although she wed him under duress, on his deathbed, Miss Elinor Rochdale, "The Reluctant Widow", would most certainly have rejected the suit of her short lived husband under ordinary circumstances. What is the name of Lord Carlyon's cousin, whom she marries at his request, only to be widowed a few hours later?
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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. Although Venetia eventually finds happiness with a rakish Lord, her father would have preferred her to marry his godson. Who is this "worthy" suitor, the only man permitted to cross her father's threshold?

Answer: Edward Yardley

Oswald Denny is a young neighbor who also has a crush on Venetia, Jasper Damerel is the man she loves, and Aubrey Lanyon is her younger brother.
2. In "Cotillion", Kitty's guardian makes her his heiress on condition that she marry one of his great-nephews. Kitty enters into a fake engagement which eventually ripens into a real one. Who is the dashing rake that her guardian hopes she will marry, and who takes her too much for granted?

Answer: Jack Westruther

Kitty persuades her cousin Freddy to pretend to be engaged to her, and they eventually fall in love. Dolph is her dimwitted cousin, who elopes with an unsuitable young woman, and Claude is another cousin, who once guillotined Kitty's doll, rendering him forever in disgrace with her.
3. Another high-spirited heroine, in "The Grand Sophy" eventually ends up with her cousin Charles. However, she also unaccountably attracts the attentions of a dull young man, fond of recounting his Jamaican travels. Who is he?

Answer: Lord Bromford

Col. Sir Vincent Talgarth sometimes proposes to Sophy half in jest, but they both know it wouldn't be an acceptable match, and neither of them is really interested. He eventually steals her father's Spanish fiancée. Augustus Fawnhope and Lord Charlbury are both suitors of Sophy's cousin Cecelia.
4. In "The Talisman Ring", Eustacie de Vauban's grandfather instructs her to marry her cousin in his last hours, but she rejects him in favor of her more romantic cousin, Ludovic. Who is their unromantic cousin, who declines to ride ventre á terre to her imagined future deathbed? He finds a more suitable mate himself in Miss Sarah Thane.

Answer: Sir Tristram Shield

Joseph Nye is the landlord of the Red Lion. Beau Lavenham, another cousin, is the villain. He also proposes to Eustacie. Sir Hugh Thane is Sarah's brother, with whom she is travelling.
5. Although Lady Serena eventually resumes her engagement to the Marquis of Rotherham, in "Bath Tangle", in the interim she meets her first love again. What is the name of the young man who eventually decides her stepmother is better suited to him?

Answer: Major Hector Kirkby

Ivo is the given name of the Marquis with whom Serena enjoys a longstanding and turbulent relationship. Gerard is his callow young cousin. Sir William is the father of Serena's younger stepmother, Fanny, who Hector eventually marries.
6. Although not precisely a legitimate aspirant to her hand, Nell catches the eye of her cousin's crony in "The Tollgate." Who is this sinister thug, who lets her know he likes his women and horses "full of spirit?"

Answer: Nathaniel Coate

Henry Stornaway is Nell's cousin. His friend Nat Coate has robbed a Royal Mail coach of a large shipment of sovereigns, assisted by the late toll gatekeeper, Ned Brean. John Staple is a young man who comes across a toll gate manned by a frightened boy late at night. He stays, meets and falls in love with Nell and solves the mystery.
7. Frederica comes to London to find a husband for her sister Charis, and ends up with a Marquis for herself. However, it is the Marquis' nephew, described by her brother as "a prosy bore", who first offers for her.

Answer: Lord Carlton Buxted

Frederica eventually falls in love with the Marquis of Alverstoke. Lord Buxted is his nephew, who forms an attachment for her. Charles is the Marquis' secretary, Endymion is Charis' suitor and Harry Marriville is one of Frederica's brothers.
8. Although she is already wed, a most ungentlemanly fellow makes it his quest to ruin Horatia. Who is this attractive but unsuccessful seducer in "The Convenient Marriage?"

Answer: Lord Lethbridge

Lord Rule is Horatia's husband and Pelham is her brother. Edward is her sister's husband.
9. Although the heroine, Drusilla Morville, is a prosaic young woman of no more than passable good looks, there is a diamond of the first water in "The Quiet Gentleman." Who aspires unsuccessfully, secretly, and murderously to the hand of Marianne?

Answer: Theodore Frant

Gervase eventually falls in love with Drusilla. His friend, Lord Ulverston, wins Marianne. Lord Grampound is Gervase' brother-in-law, husband of his half-sister Louisa.
10. Although she wed him under duress, on his deathbed, Miss Elinor Rochdale, "The Reluctant Widow", would most certainly have rejected the suit of her short lived husband under ordinary circumstances. What is the name of Lord Carlyon's cousin, whom she marries at his request, only to be widowed a few hours later?

Answer: Eustace Cheviot

Nicky and John are the younger brothers of Lord Carlyon, whom Elinor falls in love with at the end. Francis Cheviot is her late husband's cousin.
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