The Jane Austen Quiz

The Jane Austen Quiz - Puzzling Over Pride And Prejudice

Who gave Mrs Bennet the news that Netherfield Park was let at last? Hill Lady Lucas Mr Bennet Mrs Long How many pounds per year does Mr Bennet's estate bring in? Five hundred Two hundred Two tho...

The Jane Austen Quiz - Who's Who to Whom?

In Sense and Sensibility, what is Mrs Smith to John Willoughby? She is Willoughby's invalid stepmother She is Willoughby's grandmother She is Willoughby's elderly aunt She is Willoughby's infirm ...

The Jane Austen Quiz - Marriage and Courtship

Which character's opinion of marriage was this: "Matrimony, as the origin of change, was always disagreeable"? Mr Bennet Sir Walter Elliot Mr Elliot Mr Woodhouse Which of these four Austen gentle...

The Jane Austen Quiz - Manners and Misunderstandings

The Jane Austen Quiz - Manners and Misunderstandings

The Jane Austen Quiz - Insincerity and Impudence

In Pride and Prejudice, which of these does Mr Bennet put in his letter to Mr Collins, informing him of the engagement of Lizzy to Mr Darcy? "Be on your guard against Lady Catherine's ire. I fear...

The Jane Austen Quiz - Character Descriptions

"this eldest daughter, whose advice was so effectual, possessed a strength of understanding, and coolness of judgment, which qualified her, though only nineteen, to be the counsellor of her mother...

The Jane Austen Quiz - Wealth and Grandeur

Which of these characters has the largest annual income? Mr Rushworth Colonel Brandon Henry Crawford Mr Darcy Lady Catherine De Bourgh offers Elizabeth Bennet the use of a piano, but where is the...

The Jane Austen Quiz - Professional Matters

The Jane Austen Quiz - Professional Matters Not all of Jane Austen's characters are members of the landed gentry, some of them had professions...

The Jane Austen Quiz - Another Mixed Reticule

In Sense and Sensibility, what is the name of Anne Steele's supposed beau? Mr Milton Captain Hunter Charles Grey Dr. Davies In Mansfield Park, who goes to visit Fanny when she returns to Portsmou...

The Jane Austen Quiz - A Miscellany of Mid Points

In Northanger Abbey, who is Catherine Morland speaking to when she says: “But as for General Tilney, I assure you it would be impossible for anybody to behave to me with greater civility and atten...

The Jane Austen Quiz - Love and Hate

What does an early love interest of Jane Bennet's do to try and woo her? Write her love poetry Dance with her at every ball for a year Beg for her hand in marriage on a weekly basis Sketch and s...

The Jane Austen Quiz - The Other Bennet Sisters

Mrs Bennet says that Lizzy "is not half so handsome as Jane", but what does she say when comparing Lizzy to Lydia? "nor half so good-humoured as Lydia" "nor half so amenable as Lydia" "nor half s...