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Northanger Abbey
Jane Austen
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Summary
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Summary & Analysis
Biographical Notice and Advertisement
Volume I, Chapters I & II
Volume I, Chapters III & IV
Volume I, Chapters V & VI
Volume I, Chapters VII & VIII
Volume I, Chapters IX & X
Volume I, Chapters XI & XII
Volume I, Chapters XIII, XIV, & XV
Volume II, Chapters I & II
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Volume II, Chapters XIII, XIV, XV & XVI
Characters
Character List
Catherine Morland
Henry Tilney
General Tilney
Isabella Thorpe
Main Ideas
Themes
Motifs
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Key Facts
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Important Quotes Explained
Further Study
Context
Full Book Quiz
Section Quizzes
Context
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Character List
Analysis of Major Characters
Themes, Motifs, and Symbols
Biographical Notice and Advertisement
Volume 1, Chapters 1 & 2
Volume 1, Chapters 3 & 4
Volume 1, Chapters 5 & 6
Volume 1, Chapters 7 & 8
Volume 1, Chapters 9 & 10
Volume 1, Chapters 11 & 12
Volume 1, Chapters 13, 14, & 15
Volume 2, Chapters 1 & 2
Volume 2, Chapters 3 & 4
Volume 2, Chapters 5 & 6
Volume 2, Chapters 7 & 8
Volume 2, Chapters 9 & 10
Volume 2, Chapters 11 & 12
Volume 2, Chapters 13, 14, 15 & 16
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1
of 5
How did Jane Austen's family acquire the estate in Hampshire where Austen spent the rest of her life?
Father's job
Inheritance
Uncle
Dowry
2
of 5
When was Northanger Abbey published?
Austen's teen years
During her poverty
During her illness
After her death
3
of 5
What is considered to be Austen's chief weapon?
Her ironic wit
Her graceful sentences
Her syntactic control
Her diction
4
of 5
Why were Austen's novels published anonymously?
Her mother's insistence
Her shyness
Societal attitudes toward women
Her publisher's request
5
of 5
Which of the following is not true of Northanger Abbey?
Parodies other novels
Fits romantic genre
Originally called Susan
First novel she wrote
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