Pride and Prejudice Plot recall Quiz

Pride and Prejudice Plot recall questions

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1. What news does Mrs Bennet bring her husband in the opening conversation?
   A militia regiment is to be quartered at Meryton · Netherfield Park has been let to a wealthy young man · Longbourn is to pass to a distant cousin · Her brother Gardiner is coming for Christmas
2. Why does Elizabeth arrive at Netherfield with a muddy petticoat?
   She was thrown from the Bennets' carriage on the way · She rode over on horseback in the morning rain · She walked the three miles there to nurse Jane · She crossed the park to deliver a note from her mother
3. What does Mr Bennet find promising in Mr Collins's letter?
   Its mixture of servility and self-importance · Its offer to withdraw his claim to the estate · Its plain account of the entail on Longbourn · Its praise of Jane's beauty and good temper
4. 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
5. 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
6. Whom does Mr Collins engage himself to within days of Elizabeth's refusal?
   Maria Lucas, Charlotte's younger sister · Mary Bennet, the bookish middle sister · Charlotte Lucas, her closest friend · Kitty Bennet, the fourth daughter
7. Who comes to Longbourn for Christmas after the Netherfield party has gone?
   Colonel Forster and his new wife · Mr and Mrs Philips, from Meryton · Mr and Mrs Gardiner, from Gracechurch Street · Sir William Lucas and his daughter Maria
8. What does Lady Catherine object to in the Bennet family at the Rosings dinner?
   That the family keeps no carriage for visiting · That Jane has been in London without calling · That Mr Bennet has never presented them at court · That all five sisters are out in company at once
9. How does Darcy begin his first proposal to Elizabeth?
   By saying that in vain he has struggled · By asking after her health and her sister's · By apologising for his conduct towards Jane · By offering to explain his quarrel with Wickham
10. What news do Lydia and Kitty bring when they meet their sisters at the inn?
    That Mr Collins is to dine at Longbourn again · That the regiment is to be removed to Brighton · That Charlotte Collins is expecting a child · That Mr Bingley has taken Netherfield again
11. What account does the housekeeper at Pemberley give of her master?
    That he is proud but just in all his dealings · That he is seldom at home and little known there · That he is the best landlord and master she has known · That he was spoilt by his father's indulgence
12. What does Mr Collins advise Mr Bennet to do in his letter about Lydia?
    To send the younger girls away from Longbourn · To pursue the couple to London without delay · To apply to Lady Catherine for her protection · To throw off his unworthy child for ever
13. What happens when Mrs Bennet contrives to leave Jane alone with Bingley?
    He proposes to her and is accepted · He asks her to explain her London silence · He speaks only of Darcy's journey north · He takes his leave for Scarborough
14. What does Darcy say gave him hope enough to propose a second time?
    Bingley's engagement to Jane earlier that week · Lady Catherine's report of her refusal to promise · Elizabeth's thanks for his kindness to Lydia · A letter from Mrs Gardiner urging him to it
15. Who stands to inherit Longbourn under the entail?
    Mr Gardiner, Mrs Bennet's brother · Mr Philips, the Meryton attorney · Mr Collins, a cousin and clergyman · Sir William Lucas's eldest son

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