This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Literature > Authors > Jane Austen > Jane Austen – Quiz 2 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Jane Austen Quiz 2 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Austen, in all her six novels, criticised ..... A) The people for illiteracy on those days. B) The colleges for writing about ordinary people's lives. C) The limited choices offered to women of her era. D) The government for unemployment. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The limited choices offered to women of her era. 2. Who is the author of the novel 'Persuasion'? A) Jane Austen. B) Emily Bronte. C) Virginia Woolf. D) Charlotte Bronte. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Jane Austen. 3. How does Mr. Darcy offend Elizabeth at the first ball? A) He refuses to dance with her. B) He insults her father. C) He dances with Jane too often. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He refuses to dance with her. 4. Jane Austen lived in Bath for a long time. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 5. Where did Jane Austen grow up? A) Oxford. B) Reading. C) Southampton. D) London. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Southampton. 6. What sort of texts did she write? A) Short stories. B) Novels. C) Poetry. D) Drama. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Novels. 7. To whom was Emma was dedicated? A) Her country. B) Her deceased father. C) The Prince Regent. D) Her sister, Cassandra. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The Prince Regent. 8. A scientific article is ..... A) Fiction. B) Non-fiction. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Non-fiction. 9. When Darcy proposes for the first time, Elizabeth A) Asks him for time. B) Turns him down. C) Faints. D) Tells him that she is engaged to Wickham. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Turns him down. 10. Where are Jane Austen's teenage stories held? A) British Library, London. B) Bodleian Library, Oxford. C) Both A and B. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Both A and B. 11. In which village was Jane Austen born? A) Chawton. B) Steventon. C) Bath. D) London. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Steventon. 12. She only saw four of her six novels published in her lifetime. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 13. Which swashbuckling star fought her way through the Caribbean in three movies, and starred in the 2005 version of Pride and Prejudice, in which she struggled not with pirates, but with the complexities of love and social class? A) Liv Tyler. B) Kate Winslet. C) Keira Knightley. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Keira Knightley. 14. They weren't on the hook by the phone and they weren't in her purse. Alison checked the pockets of the jacket she'd worn the day before, but they weren't there either. She looked at her watch and realized she would be late for work if she didn't leave soon ..... What is Alison looking for? A) Her Smoothie. B) Her Car. C) Her Keys. D) Her Cat. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Her Keys. 15. A plot device or theme used within a romance novel to give a notable starting point to the story that a reader can recognize A) Classic Literature Trope. B) Romance Trope. C) Mystery Trope. D) Trope. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Romance Trope. 16. Who are the main characters in the novel "Pride and Prejudice? A) Elizabeth Benet i gospodin Bingley. B) Elizabeth Benet i gospodin Darcy. C) Lizzie Bennet i gospodin Darcy. D) Elizabeth Benet and Mr. Austen. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Elizabeth Benet i gospodin Darcy. 17. What is the name that "Pride and Prejudice" initially received? A) First balls. B) First impressions. C) First times. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) First impressions. 18. In ..... , she started writing "Sense and Sensibility" . A) 1759. B) 1799. C) 1795. D) 1779. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 1795. 19. What is the name of the film about Jane Austen's life? It stars Anne Hathaway as Jane Austen. A) Jane Getting Married. B) Becoming Jane. C) Dark Waters. D) Modern Love. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Becoming Jane. 20. In "Pride and Prejudice", what is the name of Elizabeth Bennet's lover? A) Mr. Bingley. B) Mr. Gardiner. C) Mr. Darcy. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Mr. Darcy. 21. Who treats Mrs Clay better than she treats Anne? A) Mary. B) Louisa. C) Elizabeth. D) Henrietta. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Elizabeth. 22. Who the main female character of Pride and Prejudice? A) Mrs. Bennet. B) Maria Lucas. C) Caroline Bingley. D) Elizabeth Bennet. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Elizabeth Bennet. 23. Is one of the two major literary work of Jane Austen: A) Pride and Prejudice. B) The Diary of Anne Frank. C) Jane Eyre. D) Oliver Twist. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pride and Prejudice. 24. What is Jane Austen's award winning book? A) Mansfield Park. B) Emma. C) Pride and Prejudice. D) Jane Austen did not win any awards for her writing during her lifetime. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Jane Austen did not win any awards for her writing during her lifetime. 25. At what age did Jane die? A) At 39. B) At 43. C) At 41. D) At 45. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) At 41. 26. "Certainly, sir; and it has the advantage also of being in ..... amongst the less polished societies of the world.a current state of general acceptance and use A) State-of-the-art. B) Vogue. C) Mode. D) Prevalent. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Vogue. 27. How many siblings did Jane have? A) Nine. B) Eight. C) Six. D) Seven. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Seven. 28. What words could describe her as a writer? A) Witty and inspired. B) Verbose and dignified. C) Ambitious and stern moralist. D) Discreet and full of surprises. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ambitious and stern moralist. 29. What can be said about Jane Austen's early writings? A) They are unrelated to her adult novels. B) They are experiments in novel writing. C) They are serious and sedate. D) They are lost and cannot be found. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) They are experiments in novel writing. 30. When was Jane Austen born? A) 1780. B) 1800. C) 1798. D) 1775. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 1775. 31. How many famous novels did Jane Austen write in her career? A) 6. B) 7. C) 5. D) 8. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 6. 32. In which year was Jane Austen's novel 'First Impressions' rejected by a publisher? A) 1798. B) 1796. C) 1813. D) 1797. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 1797. 33. Jane Austen uses Captain Benwick as a contrast to which other naval officer? A) Captain Harville. B) Captain Wentworth. C) Admiral Croft. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Captain Wentworth. 34. What was the occupation of Jane Austen's two youngest brothers? A) Farmers. B) Navy officers. C) Doctors. D) Lawyers. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Navy officers. 35. Where was Austen buried? A) The family plot at Steventon. B) Chawton House. C) Winchester Cathedral. D) Westminster Abbey. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Winchester Cathedral. 36. What is the title of Jane Austen's most famous work? A) Pride and Prejudice. B) Sense and Sensibility. C) Emma. D) Mansfield Park. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pride and Prejudice. 37. It can most reasonably be inferred that after Miss Taylor married, she had A) Less patience with Mr. Woodhouse. B) An increased appreciation for Emma. C) Fewer interactions with Emma. D) More close friends than Emma. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Fewer interactions with Emma. 38. Jane Austen was famous for her ..... A) Biographies. B) Paintings. C) Plays. D) Novels. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Novels. 39. She wrote famous novels like 'Pride and Prejudice. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 40. In the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, the term "gentleman" referred to a man of ..... A) Powerty. B) Property. C) Poverty. D) Prosperity. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Property. 41. As used in line 54, "want" most nearly means A) Request. B) Requirement. C) Desire. D) Lack. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Lack. 42. Select Austen's death date: A) July 18, 1817. B) July 21, 1994. C) September 10, 1888. D) May 01, 2003. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) July 18, 1817. 43. Where do all of Jane Austen's novels take place? A) The Artic. B) Guam. C) New Zealand. D) England. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) England. 44. What is the significance of the novel's title, 'Persuasion'? A) The title is a reference to a famous quote in the novel. B) The title is a symbol of the author's personal beliefs. C) The title is a metaphor for the protagonist's inner struggle. D) The title reflects the central theme of the story. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The title reflects the central theme of the story. 45. In which city did Jane Austen live after her father's death? A) Winchester. B) Steventon. C) Southampton. D) Bath. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Southampton. 46. Which novel features Anne Elliot as the heroine? A) Pride and Prejudice. B) Sense and Sensibility. C) Persuasion. D) Emma. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Persuasion. 47. What kind of education did Jane receive? A) She spent most of the time in boarding schools. B) She was taught at home. C) She went to different schools. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) She was taught at home. 48. In 1816, she got a painful illness that was never diagnosed A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 49. What does Mrs. Bennet consider her mission in life to be? A) To have a boy so that he can inherit the house. B) Marry someone else. C) Get all her daughters married. D) Meet the Queen of England. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Get all her daughters married. 50. From what era is Jane Austen? A) Victorian era. B) Philippians era. C) Georgian era. D) Elizabethan era. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Georgian era. 51. Jane Austen was critical of ..... A) Gold diggers. B) The upper class. C) Women who married. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The upper class. 52. True or False:Elizabeth agrees with Charlotte Lucas' advice for Jane. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False. 53. Where was Jane Austen born? A) United States. B) England. C) France. D) Brazil. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) England. 54. At what age did Jane Austen and her sister Cassandra attend school in Oxford? A) 12. B) 9. C) 5. D) 7. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 7. 55. Which actress with a Coldplay husband and an "Apple" of a daughter starred in a 1996 version of Jane Austen's novel, Emma, about matchmaking and finding true love? A) Keira Knightley. B) Gwyneth Paltrow. C) Alicia Silverstone. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Gwyneth Paltrow. 56. What influenced Jane Austen's writing? A) Her major influences included the works of Jane Austen herself. B) Her major influences included the works of William Shakespeare and Charles Dickens. C) Her major influences included the works of Samuel Richardson and Frances Burney. D) Her major influences included the works of Emily Bronte and Charlotte Bronte. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Her major influences included the works of Samuel Richardson and Frances Burney. 57. What is the title of Jane Austen's first published novel? A) Mansfield Park. B) Emma. C) Pride and Prejudice. D) Sense and Sensibility. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sense and Sensibility. 58. Which of the following aspects about Jane's life is incorrect? A) In her novels she mocked the social atmosphere at that time. B) Her family loved reading and performing plays. C) She was very attached to her brothers. D) She led a happy, uneventful life surrounded by her friends and family. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) She was very attached to her brothers. 59. Jane Austen continued to imagine how the lives of her characters evolved long after she finished a novel. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 60. What is the name of her most popular novel? A) Pride and Prejudice. B) Little women. C) Emma. D) First dance. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pride and Prejudice. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesAuthors QuizzesEnglish Literature QuizzesJane Austen Quiz 1Jane Austen Quiz 3Jane Austen Quiz 4Jane Austen Quiz 5Jane Austen Quiz 6 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books