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Pride and Prejudice

Jane Austen

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1. Complete the quotation: “it is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a ___”

(A) house

(B) title

(D) dog

2. The Bennet family lives in the village of

(A) Pemberley

(B) Longbourn

(D) London

3. Mr. Bingley, when he attends the ball in Meryton, seems to be quite taken with

(A) Elizabeth

(B) Jane

(D) Charlotte Lucas

4. How does Mr. Darcy offend Elizabeth at the first ball?

(A) He insults her father

(B) He dances with Jane too often

(D) He refuses to dance with her

5. Elizabeth's best friend is named

(A) Mrs. Phillips

(B) Charlotte Lucas

(D) Mrs. Gardiner

6. Why does Jane's visit to the Bingleys end up lasting for days?

(A) She gets soaked in a rainstorm and becomes ill

(B) Mr. Bingley proposes to her

(D) Jane is hoping to make Mr. Darcy fall in love with her

7. What does it mean that Mr. Bennet's property is “entailed”?

(A) Lady Catherine de Bourgh gave it to him

(B) It can only be inherited by a male

(D) He rents from Sir William Lucas

8. What reason does Wickham give Elizabeth for his dislike of Darcy?

(A) Darcy killed his cousin in a duel

(B) Darcy wouldn't let Wickham marry his sister

(D) Darcy cheated him out of an inheritance

9. To which Bennet daughter does Mr. Collins propose marriage?

(A) Elizabeth

(B) Jane

(D) Lydia

10. Whom does Mr. Collins marry?

(A) Jane

(B) Lydia

(D) Charlotte Lucas

11. Why does Miss Bingley dislike Elizabeth?

(A) She is jealous of Darcy's growing attraction to Elizabeth

(B) Elizabeth insulted Miss Bingley at the ball

(D) Darcy is constantly speaking ill of Elizabeth

12. Where do the Bingleys and Darcy go for the winter?

(A) Pemberley

(B) London

(D) France

13. In March, Elizabeth goes to visit

(A) Miss Darcy

(B) Charlotte Lucas

(D) Miss Bingley

14. Lady Catherine de Bourgh is Darcy's

(A) Aunt

(B) Sister

(D) First wife

15. When Darcy first proposes to Elizabeth, he spends most of the proposal dwelling on

(A) Her beauty

(B) How socially unsuitable a match she is for him

(D) How much money he will lavish on her

16. When Darcy proposes for the first time, Elizabeth

(A) Tells him that she is engaged to Wickham

(B) Asks him for more time

(D) Faints

17. Elizabeth's feelings toward Darcy begin to change when he

(A) Sends her a letter explaining his actions

(B) Fights a duel with Wickham

(D) Marries Miss Bingley

18. Darcy's estate is called

(A) Rosings

(B) London

(D) Brighton

19. Where does Lydia spend the summer, and why?

(A) Netherfield, to be near Darcy

(B) London, because she enjoys the opera

(D) Barbados, for her health

20. What socially disastrous romantic decision does Lydia make?

(A) She elopes with Wickham

(B) She marries Bingley

(D) She runs away to France with a lover

21. Who spearheads the search for Lydia after Mr. Bennet returns home in defeat?

(A) Mr. Gardiner

(B) Sir William Lucas

(D) Mrs. Phillips

22. Who pays off Wickham, convincing him to marry Lydia?

(A) Bingley

(B) Darcy

(D) Mr. Collins

23. When he returns to Netherfield, Mr. Bingley

(A) Has just married Miss Darcy

(B) Pursues the priesthood

(D) Resumes courting Jane

24. What does Lady Catherine forbid Elizabeth to do?

(A) Marry Bingley

(B) Visit Rosings

(D) See Wickham

25. The novel ends with

(A) Darcy marrying Elizabeth, and Bingley marrying Miss Darcy

(B) Darcy marrying Elizabeth, and Wickham marrying Jane

(D) Bingley marrying Jane, and Darcy marrying Elizabeth

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