Pride and Prejudice Characters Quiz

Pride and Prejudice Characters questions

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1. When Mr Bennet offers to write to Bingley consenting to a match, which daughter does he single out?
   Lydia, his youngest and liveliest · Mary, the most studious of them · Elizabeth, his "little Lizzy" · Jane, the eldest and handsomest
2. What does Darcy add to the Bingley sisters' list of what makes a woman accomplished?
   A fortune sufficient to match her husband's estate · An easy manner in company and a pleasant address · A thorough knowledge of music and the languages · The improvement of her mind by extensive reading
3. When Elizabeth presses Darcy on his faults at Netherfield, what does he admit to?
   A habit of judging strangers before he has met them · A dislike of music and of all country amusements · An inability to forgive a slight upon his family · A resentful temper whose good opinion, once lost, is lost
4. What happens when Mr Collins is asked to read aloud to the Bennet girls?
   He refuses, saying novels corrupt a young woman's mind · He chooses a book of sermons and Lydia interrupts · He reads poetry and Mary corrects his pronunciation · He reads out a letter from Lady Catherine de Bourgh
5. How does Mr Bennet settle the question of Elizabeth marrying Mr Collins?
   He tells her to consider it for a week and decide · He says he will never see her again if she does · He orders Mrs Bennet to say no more on the subject · He offers Collins his second daughter in Jane's place
6. What is Mrs Bennet's chief grievance when the Lucas engagement is announced?
   That Elizabeth has disgraced the family by refusing · That Charlotte will one day be mistress of Longbourn · That Jane's chances with Bingley are now ruined · That Sir William announced it before she had heard
7. How does Mr Bennet console Jane for her disappointment over Bingley?
   He advises her to visit her aunt Philips for a change · He tells her that no man is worth so much grief · He promises to write to Bingley in town on her behalf · He recommends Wickham, who would jilt her creditably
8. What does Elizabeth remind Darcy of while she sits at the pianoforte at Rosings?
   That he danced only four dances at Meryton · That he refused to be introduced to Charlotte · That he once called her merely tolerable to look at · That he left Netherfield without taking leave
9. What does Elizabeth tell Darcy as she refuses him at Hunsford?
   That she cannot answer him until she has seen Jane · That he is the last man she could be prevailed on to marry · That his proposal shows more of pride than of affection · That she would have refused any man who spoke so
10. What do Elizabeth and Jane decide to do with what the letter revealed about Wickham?
    To tell Colonel Forster before the regiment leaves · To write to Mrs Gardiner for her advice on it · To say nothing of it outside the family · To warn Mrs Bennet so Lydia may be kept at home
11. How does Darcy behave when he comes upon Elizabeth's party in the grounds?
    He asks Elizabeth to explain how she comes to be there · He sends his steward out to show them the park · He bows and walks on without speaking to them · He asks to be introduced to the Gardiners
12. How does Lydia behave on her return to Longbourn as a married woman?
    She refuses to speak of Brighton or of the journey · She claims Jane's place at table as her right · She begs Elizabeth's pardon for the alarm she caused · She apologises to her father before the whole family
13. What does Lady Catherine demand of Elizabeth in the garden at Longbourn?
    An account of how she came to visit Pemberley · That she persuade Lydia to leave Hertfordshire · A promise never to enter into an engagement with Darcy · That she accompany her back to Rosings at once
14. What does Darcy say Elizabeth's refusal at Hunsford taught him?
    That his aunt's influence had shaped his manners · That he must speak to her father before her · A hard lesson by which he was properly humbled · That he had been deceived in Wickham's character
15. What is the central difference between Charlotte's and Elizabeth's views of marriage?
    Charlotte wants provision, Elizabeth wants esteem · Charlotte wants rank, Elizabeth wants a large fortune · Charlotte fears spinsterhood, Elizabeth fears her mother · Charlotte trusts her family, Elizabeth trusts her friends

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