Pride and Prejudice Final Test: Whole-Novel Quiz

Pride and Prejudice Whole Novel questions

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1. 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
2. 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
3. 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
4. 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
5. What figure does Meryton attach to Mr Darcy's income?
   Two thousand a year · Four thousand a year · Ten thousand a year · Five thousand a year
6. 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
7. What does Mr Bennet acknowledge to Elizabeth after Lydia's elopement?
   That the blame for it is partly his own · That Mrs Bennet had warned him about Brighton · That Elizabeth should have exposed Wickham · That Colonel Forster neglected his duty to Lydia
8. Why does the visit to Pemberley alter Elizabeth's view of Darcy?
   The house reveals an extravagance she had denied · His estate and his servants both testify for him · He is found to be in debt to his own steward · Georgiana proves to be proud and unwelcoming
9. 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
10. What does the last chapter report of Bingley and Jane?
    They settled at Netherfield for the rest of their lives · They moved to Newcastle to be near Lydia · They took Longbourn when Mr Bennet died · He bought an estate in a county next to Derbyshire

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