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Pride and Prejudice
Jane Austen
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Chapters 56–61
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Elizabeth Bennet
Fitzwilliam Darcy
Jane Bennet and Charles Bingley
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Lydia Bennet
Charlotte Lucas
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1
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When was Jane Austen born?
1725
1775
1825
1875
2
of 5
Austen's last two novels were published a year after her ___?
Death
Illness
Marriage
First child
3
of 5
What was seen as the chief method of self-improvement for English women of the eighteenth century?
Wealth acquisition through marriage
Education through academic institutions
Wealth acquisition through land
Education through the church
4
of 5
What role did lower-class characters usually play in Jane Austen's novels?
Wise counselors
Content servants
Scheming villains
Innocent heroes
5
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Who was Austen's favorite writer?
Sophia Lee
Samuel Richardson
Henry Fielding
Samuel Johnson
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