What are the central themes of ‘Pride and Prejudice”?
(a) Common People and their problems
(b) Politics
(c) Marriage and Courtship
(d) None of A, B, and C
Question’s Answer: Marriage and Courtship
How many daughters Mr and Mrs Bennet had?
(a) Five Daughters
(b) Four Daughters
(c) Six Daughters
(d) None of A, B, and C
Question’s Answer: Five Daughters
Jane Austen’s six novels were published within:
(a) Nine years
(b) Eight years
(c) Seven years
(d) None of A, B, and C
Question’s Answer: Seven years
Jane Austen belonged to the:
(a) 19th century
(b) 18th century
(c) Both (a) & (b)
(d) None of A, B, and C
Question’s Answer: Both (a) & (b)
“Pride and Prejudice” was published in which year?
(a) 1814
(b) 1813
(c) 1815
(d) 1816
Question’s Answer: 1813
Mrs. Bennet wanted Mr. Bingley to marry:
(a) Elizabeth
(b) Jane
(c) Mary
(d) None of A, B, and C
Question’s Answer: Jane
Mr. Bingley returned with his two sisters, one brother-in-law and a friend:
(a) James
(b) Mr.Collins
(c) Mr. Darcy
(d) Elizabeth
Question’s Answer: Mr. Darcy
Who rented a nearby estate Netherfield Park?
(a) Darcy
(b) Mr. Bingley
(c) James
(d) None of A, B, and C
Question’s Answer: Mr. Bingley
A Ball was held at:
(a) Mr. Collin’s House
(b) Mr. Bennet’s House
(c) Netherfield Park
(d) None of A, B, and C
Question’s Answer: Netherfield Park
Mrs. Bennet was:
(a) Silly
(b) Intelligent
(c) Shallow
(d) Both (a) & (c)
Question’s Answer: Both (a) & (c)
Mr. Bingley declined the Bennet’s dinner invitation as he had to leave:
(a) For France
(b) For London
(c) For Germany
(d) None of A, B, and C
Question’s Answer: For London
Mr. Darcy drew the attention of the ladies because of:
(a) His High Income
(b) His manners
(c) His Conversation
(d) None of A, B, and C
Question’s Answer: His High Income
Mr. Darcy refused to dance with Elizabeth saying:
(a) She was not pretty enough to tempt him
(b) She had not style
(c) She was not good
(d) None of A, B, and C
Question’s Answer: She was not pretty enough to tempt him
Mr. Bennet was:
(a) Ideal
(b) Foolish
(c) Sensible
(d) None of A, B, and C
Question’s Answer: Sensible
Who was a great success at the ball?
(a) Elizabeth
(b) Jane
(c) Mary
(d) None of A, B, and C
Question’s Answer: Jane
Mrs. Bennet’s father had left her:
(a) Four thousand pounds
(b) Three thousand pounds
(c) Two thousand pounds
(d) None of A, B, and C
Question’s Answer: Four thousand pounds
To whom, Mrs. Bennet and her daughters paid a visit in Chapter 5?
(a) Their Relatives
(b) Their Neighbours, Lucases
(c) (a) & (b)
(d) None of A, B, and C
Question’s Answer: Their Neighbours, Lucases
Mr. Bennet’s property and estate earned him:
(a) Four thousand a year
(b) Three thousand a year
(c) Two thousand a year
(d) None of A, B, and C
Question’s Answer: Two thousand a year
Charlotte Lucas, a close friend of Elizabeth was:
(a) 25 years old
(b) 27 years old
(c) 26 years old
(d) None of A, B, and C
Question’s Answer: 27 years old
Jane Austen was born in:
(a) 1775
(b) 1774
(c) 1776
(d) 1777
Question’s Answer: 1774
Jane Austen pass away in:
(b) 1816
(a) 1815
(c) 1818
(d) 1817
Question’s Answer: 1817
Jane Austen’s father was a:
(a) Artist
(b) Doctor
(c) Rural clergyman
(d) None of A, B, and C
Question’s Answer: Rural clergyman
Jane Austen accepted and next day rejected the proposal of Harris Biggwither when she was:
(a) Twenty
(b) Twenty-eight
(c) Twenty-seven
(d) None of A, B, and C
Question’s Answer: Twenty-seven
When at a dinner party, thrown by Sir William Lucas, Darcy offered to dance with Elizabeth:
(a) She rejected
(b) She accepted
(c) She did not answer
(d) None of A, B, and C
Question’s Answer: She rejected
Austen moved to Bath with her parents and sister in:
(a) 1804
(b) 1802
(c) 1803
(d) 1801
Question’s Answer: 1801
Jane Austen’s education in Oxford ended at the age of:
(a) Eight
(b) Eleven
(c) Ten
(d) Nine
Question’s Answer: Nine
Jane Austen was mostly educated at:
(a) Home
(b) University
(d) Church
(d) None of A, B, and C
Question’s Answer: Home
Jane Austen’s father pass away in:
(a) 1808
(b) 1806
(c) 1807
(d) 1805
Question’s Answer: 1805
Jane Austen was the:
(a) Second daughter of her parents
(b) First daughter of her parents
(c) Third daughter of her parents
(d) None of A, B, and C
Question’s Answer: Second daughter of her parents
Jane Austen pass away at the age of:
(a) Forty
(b) Forty-two
(c) Forty-one
(d) None of A, B, and C
Question’s Answer: Forty-one
Jane Austen’s first novel was published when she was:
(a) Thirty-five
(b) Thirty
(c) Thirty-six
(d) None of A, B, and C
Question’s Answer: Thirty-five
The two central novelists of the early 19th century are:
(a) Sir Walter Scott and Jane Austen
(b) Keats and Shelly
(c) Wordsworth and Shelly
(d) None of A, B, and C
Question’s Answer: Sir Walter Scott and Jane Austen
Which following is not a work of Jane Austen?
(a) Sense and Sensibility
(b) Tess
(c) Pride and Prejudice
(d) None of A, B, and C
Question’s Answer: Tess
What is the primary theme of Jane Austen’s novels?
(a) Politics
(b) Love
(c) Freedom
(d) None of A, B, and C
Question’s Answer: Love
How many decades of the 19th century are known as the period of Romantic Revival?
(a) Three decades
(b) Two decades
(c) Four decades
Question’s Answer: Three decades
“It is a truth universally acknowledged that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in search of a wife”.
The above-quoted sentence is the opening sentence of Jane Austen’s:
(a) Pride and Prejudice
(b) Emma
(c) Sense and sensibility
(d) None of A, B, and C
Question’s Answer: Pride and Prejudice
Who was the first novelist in England Who is the author of the pure novel?
(a) Jane Austen
(b) Walter Scott
(c) Dickens
(d) None of A, B, and C
Question’s Answer: Jane Austen
Jane Austen has only:
(a) Ten Novels to her credit
(b) Eight Novels to her credit
(c) Six Novels to her credit
(d) None of A, B, and C
Question’s Answer: Six Novels to her credit
Charlotte seemed:
(a) Repented on her decision
(b) Upset with her marriage
(c) Contented with her marriage
(d) None of A, B, and C
Question’s Answer: Contented with her marriage
Who was Miss de Bourgh?
(a) Darcy’s sister
(b) Collins’s sister
(c) Lady Catherine’s daughter
(d) None of A, B, and C
Question’s Answer: Lady Catherine’s daughter
Jane Austen’s novel “Pride and Prejudice” was dedicated to:
(a) Her father
(b) Prince Regery
(c) Her sister
(d) None of A, B, and C
Question’s Answer: Prince Regery
With whom, Elizabeth went to stay with Charlotte in March?
(a) Maria
(b) Sir William Lucas
(c) Both (a) & (b)
(d) None of A, B, and C
Question’s Answer: Both (a) & (b)
Which following is not the contemporary of Jane Austen?
(a) Shakespeare
(b) Charlotte Bronte
(c) Wordsworth
(d) Both (a) & (c)
Question’s Answer: Shakespeare
They drove to Mr. Gardiner’s house to:
(a) Spend a week in London
(b) Spend a night in London
(c) Spend a month in London
(d) None of A, B, and C
Question’s Answer: Spend a night in London
‘Rosing’s Park’ was:
(a) Mr. Collins’s country estate
(b) Mr. Darcy’s country estate
(c) Lady Catherine’s country estate
(d) None of A, B, and C
Question’s Answer: Lady Catherine’s country estate
Fitzwilliam was attracted by:
(a) Charlotte
(b) Elizabeth
(c) Lydia
(d) None of A, B, and C
Question’s Answer: Elizabeth
Who played the piano at the Parsonage Party?
(a) Lady Catherine
(b) Charlotte
(c) Elizabeth
(d) None of A, B, and C
Question’s Answer: Elizabeth
How many pounds Wickham accepted from Darcy after senior Darcy’s death?
(a) Three thousand pounds
(b) Two thousand pounds
(c) Four thousand pounds
(d) None of A, B, and C
Question’s Answer: Four thousand pounds
Who was Colonel Fitzwilliam?
(a) Collins’s cousin
(b) Mr. Darcy’s cousin
(c) Charlotte’s cousin
(d) None of A, B, and C
Question’s Answer: Mr. Darcy’s cousin
Wickham persuaded Darcy’s sister to elope with him who was:
(a) Seventeen years old
(b) Sixteen years old
(c) Fifteen years old
(d) None of A, B, and C
Question’s Answer: Fifteen years old
Who was intended to sell Netherfield?
(a) Mr. Lollins
(b) Mr. Darcy
(c) Mr. Bingley
(d) None of A, B, and C
Question’s Answer: Mr. Bingley
The letter in which Darcy tried to clear his position in the eyes of Elizabeth was handed to her by:
(a) Fitzwilliam
(b) Darcy
(c) Collins
(d) None of A, B, and C
Question’s Answer: Darcy
Elizabeth stayed with the Collinses:
(a) For six weeks
(b) For four weeks
(c) For eight weeks
(d) None of A, B, and C
Question’s Answer: For six weeks
On arriving home, Lydia told Elizabeth and Jane that Miss King had gone to:
(a) Derbyshire to get away from Wickham
(b) London to get away from Wickham
(c) Liverpool to get away from Wickham
(d) None of A, B, and C
Question’s Answer: Liverpool to get away from Wickham
Elizabeth was pleased to hear that Wickham’s regiment was to be moved in a:
(a) Fortnight’s time
(b) Two days time
(c) Twenty days time
(d) None of A, B, and C
Question’s Answer: Fortnight’s time
Where did Darcy declare his love for Elizabeth?
(a) At Parsonage party
(b) At Rosings Park
(c) Longbourn
(d) None of A, B, and C
Question’s Answer: At Parsonage party
Darcy’s housekeeper told Elizabeth that Darcy was:
(a) Generous
(b) Sweet-tempered
(c) Arrogant
(d) Both (a) & (b)
Question’s Answer: Both (a) & (b)
On the regiment’s last day in Meryton; Wickham and other officers dined at:
(a) Netherfield
(b) Rosings Park
(c) Longbourn
(d) None of A, B, and C
Question’s Answer: Longbourn
Lydia received an invitation to accompany a friend to:
(a) London
(b) Brighton
(c) Hunsford
(d) None of A, B, and C
Question’s Answer: Brighton
Gardiners took Elizabeth to the little town of:
(a) Brighton
(b) Hunsford
(d) Lambton
(d) None of A, B, and C
Question’s Answer: Lambton
Housekeeper told Elizabeth that Darcy was expected the next day with:
(a) Some cousins
(b) Some colleagues
(c) Large party of friends
(d) None of A, B, and C
Question’s Answer: Large party of friends
Pemberley was situated within:
(a) Six miles of Lambton
(b) Five miles of Lambton
(c) Seven miles of Lambton
(d) None of A, B, and C
Question’s Answer: Five miles of Lambton
Mr. Darcy invited Mr. Gardiner to:
(a) Go to Rosings Park with him
(b) Go to dinner with him
(c) Fish in his streams
(d) None of A, B, and C
Question’s Answer: Fish in his streams
Elizabeth received a letter from Jane, telling her that:
(a) Lydia had eloped with Bingley
(b) Lydia had cloped with Wickham
(c) Marry had eloped with Wickham
(d) None of A, B, and C
Question’s Answer: Lydia had cloped with Wickham
Lydia had left a letter to Mrs. Foster saying that she and Wickham were going to:
(a) London
(b) Gretna Green
(c) Glasgow
(d) None of A, B, and C
Question’s Answer: Gretna Green
Wickham had decided to leave militia and intended to go into a regiment now quartered in the:
(a) West
(b) East
(c) South
(d) North
Question’s Answer: North
Who was Georgiana Darcy?
(a) Darcy’s cousin
(b) Darcy’s sister
(c) Darcy’s friend
(d) None of A, B, and C
Question’s Answer: Darcy’s sister
Mr. Bennet:
(a) First rejected then accepted his daughter’s request to meet Lydia
(b) Accepted his daughter request to meet Lydia
(c) Rejected his daughter request to meet Lydia
Question’s Answer: First rejected then accepted his daughter’s request to meet Lydia
Colonel Foster sent a letter to Mr. Gardiner telling him that Wickham had left considerable gaming and other debts behind him:
(a) In London
(b) In Longbourn
(c) In Brighton
(d) None of A, B, and C
Question’s Answer: In Brighton
Wickham was agreed to marry Lydia if she were given her share of:
(a) Six thousand pounds and hundred pounds a year
(b) Five thousand pounds and hundred pounds a year
(c) Seven thousand pounds and hundred pounds a year
(d) None of A, B, and C
Question’s Answer: Five thousand pounds and hundred pounds a year
The Wickhams were allowed to stay:
(a) For twenty days
(b) For fifteen days
(c) Only for ten days
(d) None of A, B, and C
Question’s Answer: Only for ten days
Who made financial offer to Wickham to marry Lydia?
(a) Darcy
(b) Mr. Gardiner
(c) Bingley
(d) None of A, B, and C
Question’s Answer: Darcy
Lydia and Wickham were found in:
(a) Brighton
(b) Germany
(c) London
(d) None of A, B, and C
Question’s Answer: London
Lady Catherine de Bourgh arrived at Bennet’s home;
(a) Twenty days after Jane’s engagement
(b) Two weeks after Jane’s engagement
(c) About a week after Jane’s engagement
Question’s Answer: About a week after Jane’s engagement
Lady Catherine was:
(a) In favour of Darcy’s marriage with Elizabeth
(b) Indifferent in this matter
(c) Against Darcy’s marriage with Elizabeth
(d) None of A, B, and C
Question’s Answer: Against Darcy’s marriage with Elizabeth
Miss Bingley sent a note for Jane:
(a) Asking her to dine with her
(b) Asking her to a dinner party
(c) To inquire after her health
(d) None of A, B, and C
Question’s Answer: Asking her to dine with her
After marriage, Jane and Bingley remained in Netherfield for.
(a) Three years
(b) Two years
(c) One year
(d) None of A, B, and C
Question’s Answer: One year
Bingley bought a state in:
(a) Derbyshire
(b) Longbourn
(c) London
(d) None of A, B, and C
Question’s Answer: Derbyshire
Who was Mrs. Philips?
(a) Mr. Ennet’s sister
(b) Mrs. Bennet’s sister
(c) None of A, B, and C
(d) None of A, B, and C
Question’s Answer: Mrs. Bennet’s sister
Jane and Elizabeth were within:
(a) Twenty-five miles of each other after marriage
(b) Twenty miles of each other after marriage
(c) Thirty miles of each other after marriage
(d) None of A, B, and C
Question’s Answer: Twenty-five miles of each other after marriage
Elizabeth went to Netherfield because:
(a) To meet Bingley’s sisters
(b) There was a party
(c) Jane was sick
(d) None of A, B, and C
Question’s Answer: Jane was sick
Darcy’s home was in:
(a) Longburn
(b) Pemberley
(c) London
(d) None of A, B, and C
Question’s Answer: Pemberley
Mr. Bennet received a letter from Mr. Collins who was his:
(a) Brother
(b) Cousin
(c) Friend
(d) None of A, B, and C
Question’s Answer: Cousin
Longbourn was a village:
(a) Three miles from Meryton
(b) Two miles from Meryton
(c) A mile from Meryton
(d) None of A, B, and C
Question’s Answer: A mile from Meryton
Who was Mr. Wickham?
(a) Friend of Mr. Bingley
(b) Darcy’s friend
(c) Son of old Darcy’s steward
(d) None of A, B, and C
Question’s Answer: Son of old Darcy’s steward
Mr. Collins was a:
(a) Land owner
(b) Doctor
(c) Clergyman
(d) None of A, B, and C
Question’s Answer: Clergyman
Who was Lady Catherine de Bourgh?
(a) Collins’s sister
(b) Collins’s mother
(c) Collins’s patron
(d) None of A, B, and C
Question’s Answer: Collins’s patron
Lady Catherine de Bourgh was a widow with:
(a) Two daughters
(b) Only one daughter
(c) Three daughters
(d) None of A, B, and C
Question’s Answer: Only one daughter
Lady Catherine de Bourgh was Mr.Darcy’s:
(a) Patron
(b) Sister
(c) Aunt
(d) None of A, B, and C
Question’s Answer: Aunt
Mr. Collins proposed:
(a) Jane
(b) Lydia
(c) Elizabeth
(d) None of A, B, and C
Question’s Answer: Elizabeth
On Charlotte’s wedding, Charlotte extracted a promise from Elizabeth that she would visit them in:
(a) February
(b) March
(c) January
(d) None of A, B, and C
Question’s Answer: February
Wickham transferred his attention from Elizabeth to another girl who had inherited:
(a) Thirty thousand pounds
(b) Twenty thousand pounds
(c) Ten thousand pounds
(d) None of A, B, and C
Question’s Answer: Ten thousand pounds
Mr. Collins married:
(a) Charlotte Lucas
(b) Mary
(c) Jane
(d) None of A, B, and C
Question’s Answer: Charlotte Lucas
The proposal of marriage was:
(a) Rejected by Elizabeth
(b) Accepted by Elizabeth
(c) Ignored
(d) None of A, B, and C
Question’s Answer: Rejected by Elizabeth
Mrs. Bennett remained angry with Elizabeth for:
(a) A week
(b) Fifteen days
(c) A month
(d) None of A, B, and C
Question’s Answer: A week
To whom, Mrs. Gardiner invited to go with her to London?
(a) Elizabeth
(b) Jane
(c) Kitty
(d) None of A, B, and C
Question’s Answer: Jane
Mr. Bingley’s family settled in London:
(a) For the winter
(b) Forever
(c) For a few months
(d) None of A, B, and C
Question’s Answer: For the winter