Pride and Prejudice Reading between the lines Quiz

Pride and Prejudice Reading between the lines questions

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1. At the Meryton assembly, what does Darcy say when Bingley urges him to dance with Elizabeth?
   She is handsome, but her connections forbid the thing · She dances well, but her conversation is tiresome · She is pretty, but he has promised the next dance · She is tolerable, but not handsome enough to tempt him
2. What does Charlotte Lucas warn may happen if Jane conceals her feelings too well from Bingley?
   She may lose the chance of securing him · She may be blamed by her mother for it · She may be forced to accept a worse offer · She may be thought a flirt by his sisters
3. Why does Mr Collins transfer his matrimonial choice from Jane to Elizabeth?
   Lady Catherine recommended a second daughter to him · Elizabeth alone shows him civility at Longbourn · Mrs Bennet hints that Jane may soon be engaged · He learns that Jane's portion is the smaller one
4. 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
5. What does Caroline Bingley's letter to Jane imply about her brother's plans?
   That the party has left Netherfield for the winter · That he has quarrelled with Darcy over Jane · That he has taken a house in Derbyshire instead · That he will return to Hertfordshire by Christmas
6. What does Elizabeth make of Wickham's sudden attentions to Miss King?
   That he has been advised to it by Colonel Forster · That her ten thousand pounds explain the attachment · That he means to provoke Elizabeth into jealousy · That he wishes to leave Meryton without scandal
7. What does Charlotte conclude from Darcy's frequent calls at the parsonage?
   That he hopes to court Maria Lucas · That he must be in love with Elizabeth · That he comes to escape Lady Catherine · That he is sounding out Mr Collins
8. What does Darcy's letter disclose about Wickham's dealings with Georgiana?
   That he borrowed three thousand pounds from her · That he spread a false report of her engagement · That he had been her music master at Ramsgate · That he persuaded her at fifteen to plan an elopement
9. How does the narrator account for Mr Bennet's marriage at the opening of Chapter 42?
   He was captivated by youth, beauty and good humour · He married to secure the estate against the entail · He was pressed into it by his wife's brother Gardiner · He chose a wife whose fortune would clear his debts
10. What does Jane's second letter report about Lydia and Wickham?
    That they were married at Gretna Green that morning · That they are thought to be in London, not Scotland · That Wickham has left the militia for the regulars · That Colonel Forster has brought Lydia back to Brighton
11. What does Mrs Gardiner's letter reveal about who arranged Lydia's marriage?
    That Lady Catherine intervened to avoid a scandal · That Mr Gardiner settled it from his own fortune · That Darcy found the couple and paid Wickham's debts · That Colonel Forster traced them through Mrs Younge
12. What does Bingley reveal that he had not known the previous winter?
    That Darcy had called at Gracechurch Street · That Jane had been in London for three months · That Caroline had written to Jane twice · That Jane had refused another offer that year
13. What does Darcy's letter establish about the living Wickham claimed?
    Darcy gave it to a cousin of Lady Catherine's · Wickham was refused it for his debts at Cambridge · Old Mr Darcy never mentioned it in his will · Wickham took three thousand pounds instead of it
14. What is the effect of Lady Catherine's journey to Longbourn?
    It persuades Mr Bennet to forbid the match · It brings Bingley back to Netherfield at last · It gives Darcy the encouragement to try again · It makes Elizabeth confess the matter to Jane

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