Pride and Prejudice Quiz 2

1. Where do the Bennets live?

a) London

b) Hertfordshire

c) Meryton

d) Kent

2. What is the name of the Bennet estate?

a) Rosings

b) Longbourn

c) Pemberley

d) Netherfield

3. With whom does Lydia go to Brighton?

a) Mrs. Philips

b) Mrs. Bennet

c) Mr. Wickham

d) Mrs. Forster

4. Who is the governess who betrays Georgiana Darcy?

a) Miss Younge

b) Miss Denny

c) Miss Price

d) Mrs. Williams

5. Mrs. Bennet's reaction to Lydia's marriage is best described as:

a) condemnatory.

b) unreservedly jubilant.

c) cautiously pleased.

d) indifferent.

6. Why does Mr. Collins come to Longbourn?

a) He is passing through town.

b) He is looking for a wife.

c) He wants to redecorate it.

d) He wants to become acquainted with his relatives.

7. Who is Mr. Collins's patroness?

a) Mrs. Lucas

b) Mrs. Hurst

c) Lady Catherine

d) Lady Anne

8. What is Mr. Gardiner's profession?

a) merchant

b) army officer

c) clergyman

d) lawyer

9. What feature initially attracts Darcy to Elizabeth?

a) her smile

b) her intelligence

c) her cheerfuless

d) her eyes

10. Why doesn't Bingley visit Jane while she is in London?

a) Darcy advises him against it.

b) Lady Catherine forbids him from going.

c) He doesn't know that she's there.

d) He thinks that Jane does not like him.

11. What is the name of the estate that Bingley rents?

a) Fox Hall

b) Netherfield

c) Rosings

d) Longbourne

12. Why does Elizabeth reject Darcy's initial proposal?

a) It was customary for women at that time to reject the first proposal.

b) He is too poor

c) She dislikes his disapproval of her social class.

d) She is in love with someone else.

13. What event interrupts Elizabeth's vacation with the Gardiners?

a) Darcy's second proposal

b) the death of Mr. Collins

c) the news of Jane's engagement to Bingley

d) Lydia's elopement with Wickham

14. Which of the Bennet sisters dislikes social events?

a) Jane

b) Kitty

c) Mary

d) Lydia

15. Where do Lydia and Wickham go when they run off from Brighton together?

a) Gloucester

b) Kent

c) London

d) Scotland

16. Why does Wickham flee from Brighton?

a) He has been fired from his post on account of misconduct.

b) He has accumulated over 1,000 pounds gaming debts.

c) He has fallen madly in love with Lydia.

d) He wants to leave the militia and become a clergyman.

17. Mr. Bennet responds to the news of Elizabeth's engagement with_________.

a) anger.

b) unreserved joy.

c) skepticism.

d) resignation.

18. Who finds Lydia and Wickham in London?

a) Mr. Bennet

b) Mr. Gardiner

c) Mr. Darcy

d) Mrs. Gardiner

19. What is the name of Darcy's estate?

a) Northgate

b) Netherfield

c) Pemberley

d) Mansfield Park

20. Why does Charlotte Lucas marry Mr. Collins?

a) Elizabeth advises her to do so.

b) She wants financial security.

c) She enjoys conversing with him.

d) She is flattered by his affection.

21. Whom does Caroline want Mr. Bingley to marry?

a) Miss de Bourgh

b) Georgiana Darcy

c) Miss Hurst

d) Miss Jane Bennet

22. How many children do the Bennet have?

a) four

b) two

c) five

d) none

23. After finding out about Lydia's elopement, Elizabeth is visiting the home of ________.

a) Miss Charlotte Lucas

b) Mr. Gardiner

c) Mr. Darcy

d) Mrs. Gardiner

24. Which of the Bennet sisters is the youngest?

a) Lydia

b) Elizabeth

c) Kitty

d) Mary

25. Which daughter is Mr. Bennet's favorite?

a) Jane

b) Kitty

c) Lydia

d) Elizabeth

PRIDE AND PREJUDICE

Jane Austen

1. The Bennet family lives in the village of ______________.

a) Pemberley

b) Longbourn

c) Rosings

d) London

2. What does it mean that Mr. Bennet’s property is “entailed”?

a) Lady Catherine de Bourgh has given it to Mr Bennet.

b) The property can only be inherited by a male.

c) The property comes from his wife’s family.

d) Mr Bennet rents from Sir William Lucas.

3. Mr. Bingley, when he attends the ball in Meryton, seems to be quite taken with ______________.

a) Elizabeth Bennet

b) Jane Bennet

c) Lydia Bennet

d) Charlotte Lucas

4. Complete the quotation: “It is a truth universally acknowledged that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a ___.”

a) house

b) title

c) wife

d) dog

5. Elizabeth’s best friend is named ______________.

a) Mrs. Phillips

b) Miss Charlotte Lucas

c) Miss Bingley

d) Mrs. Gardiner

6. How does Mr. Darcy offend Elizabeth at the first ball?

a) He insults her father.

b) He dances with Jane too often.

c) He slaps her.

d) He refuses to dance with her.

7. Why does Jane stay with the Bingleys for days during her visit?

a) She gets soaked in a rainstorm and becomes ill.

b) Mr. Bingley proposes to her.

c) Mrs. Bennet forgets to send a carriage to bring her home.

d) Miss Jane Bennet is hoping to make Mr. Darcy fall in love with her.

8. What reason does Wickham give Elizabeth for his dislike of Darcy?

a) Darcy killed his cousin in a duel.

b) Darcy wouldn’t let Wickham marry his sister.

c) Darcy betrayed his country.

d) Darcy cheated him out of an inheritance.

9. Why does Miss Bingley dislike Elizabeth?

a) She is jealous of Darcy’s growing attraction to Miss Elizabeth Bennet.

b) Elizabeth insulted Miss Bingley at the ball.

c) Wickham has told Miss Bingley lies about Elizabeth’s character.

d) Darcy is constantly speaking ill of Elizabeth.

10. To which Bennet daughter does Mr. Collins propose marriage?

a) Elizabeth Bennet

b) Jane Bennet

c) Mary Bennet

d) Lydia Bennet

11. Whom does Mr. Collins marry?

a) Miss Jane Bennet

b) Miss Lydia Bennet

c) Miss Bingley

d) Miss Charlotte Lucas

12. Where do the Bingleys and Darcy go for the winter?

a) Pemberley

b) London

c) They remain at Netherfield

d) France

13. Lady Catherine de Bourgh is Darcy’s ______________.

a) aunt

b) sister

c) mother

d) first wife

14. In March, Miss Elizabeth Bennet goes to visit ______________.

a) Miss Darcy

b) Charlotte Lucas

c) Wickham and Lydia

d) Miss Bingley

15. When Darcy first proposes to Miss Elizabeth Bennet, he spends most of the proposal dwelling on ______________.

a) her beauty

b) how socially unsuitable a match she is for him

c) how much he adores her family

d) how much money he will lavish on her

16. When Darcy proposes for the first time, Miss Elizabeth Bennet ______________.

a) tells him that she is engaged to Wickham

b) asks him for more time

c) turns him down

d) faints

17. Elizabeth’s feelings toward Darcy begin to change when he ______________.

a) sends her a letter explaining his actions towards Wickham

b) fights a duel with Wickham

c) sends money to Jane

d) makes Wickham marry Lydia

18. Darcy’s estate is called ______________.

a) Rosings

b) London

c) Pemberley

d) Brighton

19. Where does Lydia spend the summer? and why?

a) Netherfield, to be near Darcy

b) London, because she enjoys the opera

c) Brighton, to be near the militia regiment

d) Barbados, for her health

20. What socially disastrous romantic decision does Lydia make?

a) She elopes with Wickham.

b) She marries Bingley.

c) She rejects Mr. Collins’s proposal.

d) She runs away to France with a lover.

21. Who spearheads the search for Lydia after Mr. Bennet returns home in defeat?

a) Mr. Gardiner, the uncle

b) Sir William Lucas

c) Charlotte Lucas

d) Mrs. Phillips

22. Who pays off Wickham, convincing him to marry Lydia?

a) Mr. Bingley

b) Mr. Darcy

c) Mr. Gardiner

d) Mr. Collins

23. When he returns to Netherfield, Mr. Bingley ______________.

a) Has just married Miss Darcy

b) Pursues the priesthood

c) Begins courting Elizabeth

d) Resumes courting Jane

24. What does Lady Catherine forbid Elizabeth to do?

a) To marry Bingley

b) To visit Rosings

c) To marry Darcy

d) To see Wickham

25. The novel ends with ________________.

A. Darcy marrying Elizabeth, and Bingley marrying Miss Darcy

B. Darcy marrying Elizabeth, and Wickham marrying Jane

C. Bingley marrying Jane, and Elizabeth marrying Wickham

D. Bingley marrying Jane, and Darcy marrying Elizabeth