Pride and Prejudice Chapters 16-19 Quiz (Chapters 16–19)

Pride and Prejudice Chapters 16-19 questions

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1. What does Wickham tell Elizabeth at the Philipses' that Darcy has denied him?
   A valuable living his father had meant him to have · A legacy of ten thousand pounds in the will · A commission in a regiment of regulars · A share in the management of Pemberley
2. What does Elizabeth learn on arriving at the Netherfield ball?
   Bingley has invited Lady Catherine's nephew too · Wickham has gone to town and will not be there · Darcy has already left for London that morning · Jane is to open the dancing with Mr Bingley
3. During their dance at Netherfield, how does Elizabeth describe the likeness between herself and Darcy?
   As a duel fought with civility instead of words · As a lesson in dancing she would rather not learn · As two people unwilling to speak unless to astonish · As a silence that must be broken by some remark
4. Among his reasons for proposing, what does Mr Collins say he owes the Bennet family?
   Gratitude for the hospitality shown him at Longbourn · A duty laid on him by his late father's friendship · Repayment of a debt his cousin once settled for him · Amends for standing to inherit their father's estate
5. How does Mr Collins account for Elizabeth's refusal of him?
   As the custom of her sex, to refuse at first · As a sign she already prefers another man · As anger at his having slighted her father · As obedience to a contrary wish of her mother

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