Pride and Prejudice Language & structure Quiz

Pride and Prejudice Language & structure questions

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1. The novel opens by declaring it a truth universally acknowledged that a rich single man must want a wife. What does the chapter then reveal about that "truth"?
   It is the view of neighbours with daughters, not of the man · It is Mr Bennet's settled opinion, stated in his own words · It is a maxim Mary has copied from a book of sermons · It is Charlotte Lucas's advice to the Bennet daughters
2. How does Elizabeth refuse when invited to make a fourth in the shrubbery walk at Netherfield?
   She says she must finish the letter she is writing · She says her shoes are too thin for the gravel path · She says a fourth would spoil the picturesque grouping · She says Jane's illness requires her upstairs
3. What does Elizabeth notice when Darcy and Wickham meet in Meryton?
   Both bow stiffly and speak of the coming ball · Wickham steps back behind Mr Denny in alarm · Darcy rides off without acknowledging Wickham · One turns white and the other red as they greet
4. 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
5. What throws Mr Collins into raptures during Elizabeth's first days at Hunsford?
   Lady Catherine calling to inspect the new furniture · A letter from Jane reporting Caroline's coldness · Miss de Bourgh stopping at the gate in her phaeton · Darcy and Colonel Fitzwilliam riding up to the gate
6. Why does Elizabeth stay at the parsonage when the others go to dine at Rosings?
   She is answering a long letter from her aunt Gardiner · Lady Catherine has not included her in the invitation · Mr Collins asks her to keep Charlotte company at home · She pleads a headache after Fitzwilliam's news
7. Darcy's letter answers the two charges Elizabeth laid against him. What are they?
   His conduct towards Jane and towards Georgiana · His conduct towards Bingley and towards Collins · His conduct towards Jane and towards Wickham · His conduct towards Wickham and towards Miss King
8. Why is the Gardiners' summer tour cut back from the Lakes to Derbyshire?
   Mrs Bennet objects to Elizabeth being so long away · Mr Gardiner's business allows a shorter absence · Mrs Gardiner wishes to show Elizabeth her birthplace · Jane's low spirits require her sister to come home
9. What does Lydia's note to Harriet Forster show about her view of the elopement?
   She begs her friend to keep it secret from her father · She writes that she has been persuaded against her will · She treats it as a joke and can hardly write for laughing · She asks for money to be sent on to Newcastle
10. What does Mr Bennet regret as he reckons the cost of Lydia's marriage?
    That he had not sought to break the entail sooner · That he let Lydia go to Brighton unattended · That he refused to warn Colonel Forster in time · That he never laid by any savings of his own
11. How does Mr Bennet treat the report that Elizabeth is to marry Darcy?
    As the best joke Mr Collins has yet sent him · As a thing he had long expected to come about · As a scheme of Lady Catherine's to vex the family · As an insult he must answer in writing at once
12. How does Darcy answer when Elizabeth asks when he began to love her?
    He names the morning she walked to Netherfield · He says it was when she refused him at Hunsford · He fixes it at the evening of the Netherfield ball · He was in the middle before he knew he had begun
13. Where does the final chapter leave Kitty and Mary?
    Kitty at Pemberley, Mary settled with the Collinses · Kitty improved with her sisters, Mary kept at home · Both married to officers of the Meryton militia · Both sent to the Gardiners in Gracechurch Street
14. Which development closes the second volume and sends Elizabeth into Derbyshire?
    Lydia's departure for Brighton with the Forsters · Darcy's letter being delivered at Hunsford · Charlotte's marriage and removal to Hunsford · The Gardiners' tour being shortened to Derbyshire
15. Austen often reports a character's thinking in the narrator's own voice. Which passage works this way?
    Lady Catherine's interrogation of Elizabeth at Rosings · Elizabeth's reflections on rereading Darcy's letter · Lydia's note left behind for Mrs Forster at Brighton · Mr Collins's letter advising Mr Bennet about Lydia

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