MCQs | Pride and Prejudice Novel by Jane Austen

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