This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Literature > Authors > Jane Austen > Jane Austen – Quiz 1 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Jane Austen Quiz 1 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. When did JANE AUSTEN'S nephew write a memoir of her? A) 1817. B) 1717. C) 1870. D) 1780. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 1870. 2. How many novels did Jane Austen write? A) 5. B) 4. C) 7. D) 6. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 6. 3. The name of the final novel on which Austen was working (unfinished). A) Lady Susan. B) The Watsons. C) Love and Friendship. D) Sanditon. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sanditon. 4. "You are over ..... , surely."characterized by extreme care and great effort A) Exact. B) Fussy. C) Painstaking. D) Scrupulous. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Scrupulous. 5. Jane Austen was a widely read author of her time. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 6. Mr. Wickham is really after A) The king. B) The Pope. C) Money. D) Women. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Money. 7. What type of performances did the Austen family engage in? A) Dance recitals. B) Musical concerts. C) Art exhibitions. D) Theatrical plays. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Theatrical plays. 8. What country was Jane born in? A) United States. B) Argentina. C) England. D) Canada. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) England. 9. What new place has been let (rented)? A) Longbourne. B) Miami Beach. C) Derbyshire. D) Netherfield Park. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Netherfield Park. 10. Two people who hate each other fall in love A) Enemies to Lovers. B) Friends to Lovers. C) Soulmates. D) Forbidden Love. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Enemies to Lovers. 11. Where did Jane live when she was a young girl? A) In London. B) In Bath. C) In Steventon. D) In Southampton. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) In Steventon. 12. What is the name of the fictional town in Jane Austen's novel 'Pride and Prejudice'? A) Meryton. B) Highbury. C) Longbourn. D) Pemberley. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Meryton. 13. At that instant, she felt that years of happiness could not make Jane or herself ..... for moments of such painful confusion.something done or paid to make up for a wrong A) Restoration. B) Apology. C) Amends. D) Reparation. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Amends. 14. She had two great loves in her lifetime. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 15. "That is very true, " replied Elizabeth, "and I could easily forgive his pride, if he had not ..... mine."made to feel uncomfortable because of shame or wounded pride A) Fazed. B) Mortified. C) Shocked. D) Embarrassed. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mortified. 16. Austen sold her first manuscript for this much money A) £120. B) £150. C) £200. D) £10. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) £10. 17. Elizabeth's feelings toward Darcy begin to change when he A) Sends money to Jane. B) Fights a duel with Wickham. C) Sends her a letter explaining his actions. D) Marries Miss Bingley. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sends her a letter explaining his actions. 18. When did Jane start writing verses? A) When she was eleven. B) When she was six. C) When she was seven. D) When she was nine. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) When she was six. 19. When do the Bennet girls get to meet Mr Bingley? A) At his house. B) At their house. C) At the Public Assembly. D) At the ball. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) At the Public Assembly. 20. In Austen's day, a woman in her late twenties was considered to be approaching the "years of ..... , " which meant that she might no longer be considered valuable to a man and could likely end up an unmarried spinster. A) Denial. B) Danger. C) Destitution. D) Disillusionment. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Danger. 21. How many siblings has Lizzy?(except her) A) 6. B) 5. C) 3. D) 4. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 4. 22. How many movies have been made based on the novel? A) 5. B) 4. C) 2. D) 3. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 5. 23. How many brothers and sisters did Jane had? A) 8. B) 2. C) 7. D) 1. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 7. 24. Applying a modern theoretical perspective to a film-like viewing the 1930s film Gone with the Wind, which has a Civil War-era setting-from the perspective of the modern anti-racism campaigns, is called a ..... analysis. A) Modern perspective. B) Contextual. C) Woke. D) Setting. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Contextual. 25. Austen grew up in A) Rich family. B) A very cultured and high society family. C) In a highly literate family. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) In a highly literate family. 26. Despite disliking her at first, Darcy comes to regard which young lady as his favorite? A) Elizabeth. B) Charlotte. C) Jane. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Elizabeth. 27. What was Jane Austen's first novel? A) Emma. B) Persuasion. C) Sense and Sensibility. D) Mansfield Park. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sense and Sensibility. 28. How many siblings did Jane Austen have? A) 8. B) 5. C) 2. D) 7. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 7. 29. Which of Austen's FINISHED novels has been adapted for modern audiences the least? A) Northanger Abbey. B) Persuasion. C) Emma. D) Sense and Sensibility. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Northanger Abbey. 30. What awards did Jane Austen win? A) Jane Austen won multiple awards for her writing during her lifetime. B) Jane Austen won an award for her contribution to English literature. C) Jane Austen won an award for her philanthropic work. D) No, Jane Austen did not win any awards for her writing during her lifetime. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) No, Jane Austen did not win any awards for her writing during her lifetime. 31. Which of Jane Austen's novels was published posthumously? A) Sense and Sensibility. B) Pride and Prejudice. C) Emma. D) Persuasion. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Persuasion. 32. Who finished the work of The Watsons, written in 1804? A) Catherine Hubback. B) Cassandra Austen. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Catherine Hubback. 33. Which was the name of Jane's sister? A) Virgin. B) Taylor. C) Celine. D) Cassandra. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Cassandra. 34. What are the titled or non-titled nobility from the prairie called? A) Meadow class. B) Grassland class. C) La gentry. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) La gentry. 35. Who does Sir William Lucas attempt to convince to dance with Mr. Darcy?Mary Bennet A) Lydia Bennet. B) Charlotte Lucas. C) Elizabeth Bennet. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Elizabeth Bennet. 36. Henrietta Musgrove develops a crush on Captain Wentworth despite being in love with her cousin. What is her cousin's name? A) Charles Elliot. B) Charles Hayter. C) Charles Mountbatten-Windsor. D) Charles Musgrove. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Charles Hayter. 37. How did she sign the book? A) By a lady. B) By a woman. C) J. Austen. D) By Jane Austen. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) By a lady. 38. In which year did Jane Austen get an undiagnosed illness? A) 1816. B) 1817. C) 1818. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1816. 39. How old was Jane Austen when she died? A) 35 years. B) 26 years. C) 70 years. D) 41 years. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 41 years. 40. Who is Mr. Bennet's favorite daughter? A) Lydia. B) Mary. C) Jane. D) Lizzie. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Lizzie. 41. What was her sister's name? A) Jane. B) Cassandra. C) Barbara. D) Tomislav. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cassandra. 42. What did Jane Austen accomplish? A) Austen was a successful businesswoman. B) Austen was a renowned painter. C) Austen was a pioneer in the field of medicine. D) Austen's accomplishments and legacy In her six major novels-Sense and Sensibility, Pride and Prejudice, Mansfield Park, Emma, Northanger Abbey, and Persuasion-Austen created the comedy of manners of middle-class life in the England of her time, revealing the possibilities of "domestic" literature. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Austen's accomplishments and legacy In her six major novels-Sense and Sensibility, Pride and Prejudice, Mansfield Park, Emma, Northanger Abbey, and Persuasion-Austen created the comedy of manners of middle-class life in the England of her time, revealing the possibilities of "domestic" literature. 43. Where is Jane Austen buried? A) Bath Abbey. B) Steventon Churchyard. C) Southampton Cathedral. D) Winchester Cathedral. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Winchester Cathedral. 44. According to the following novels which does not belong to Janw A) Sense and Sensibility. B) Mansfield Park. C) The manuscript found in Zaragoza. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The manuscript found in Zaragoza. 45. Why did she choose to write novels? A) To reform society. B) Because it was the only form of writing acceptable for women. C) Because that was what she liked to read. D) To make a lot of money. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To reform society. 46. The sources for paper 2 are always non fiction. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 47. What was one of his first writings at age 12? A) Pride and Prejudice. B) Sense and sensibility. C) Juveniles. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Juveniles. 48. Who wrote Pride and Prejudice? A) Charlotte Bronte. B) Jane Austen. C) William Shakespeare. D) Emily Dickinson. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Jane Austen. 49. No one knew she wrote her books until after her death. A) True (Her brother Henry was one that revealed her true identity.). B) False (she was popular). Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True (Her brother Henry was one that revealed her true identity.). 50. When Elizabeth breaks a major rule of her society? A) When she refuses her first proposal of marriage. B) When she writes a letter to mr. Darcy. C) When she writes a letter to mr. Bingley. D) When she refuses her third proposal of marriage. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) When she refuses her first proposal of marriage. 51. Where did Jane Austen live? A) United Kingdom. B) London. C) Belfast. D) United Emirates. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) United Kingdom. 52. What was the most important and valuable possession during Jane's time? A) Books. B) Clothes. C) Land. D) Furniture. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Land. 53. Did Jane Austen ever get married? A) Yes. B) No. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) No. 54. Original title of "Pride and Prejudice "? A) Love and Friendship. B) Sense and Sensibility. C) First Impressions. D) Adulthood and Childhood. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) First Impressions. 55. What was Jane Austen's father's profession? A) Clergyman. B) Lawyer. C) Merchant. D) Doctor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Clergyman. 56. What is her main genre? A) Prose fiction. B) Letters. C) Poems. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Prose fiction. 57. What kind of books did Jane Austen's early writings parody? A) Romantic novels. B) Mystery novels. C) Schoolroom textbooks. D) Biographies. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Schoolroom textbooks. 58. Jane Austen died in: A) 1775. B) 1817. C) 1842. D) 1942. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 1817. 59. What is the most famous of Jane Austen's novels? A) Pride and misunderstandings. B) Pride and prejudice. C) Marriage and prejudice. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pride and prejudice. 60. Jane Austen is ..... A) Novelist. B) Poet. C) Satirist. D) Drama writer. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Novelist. 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