This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Literature > Classics > Sense And Sensibility > Sense And Sensibility – Quiz 1 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Sense And Sensibility Quiz 1 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Is Lucy Steel Edward's fiancee? A) Incorrecto. B) Correct. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Correct. 2. What does Elinor think about the ring Edward wears? A) It has a lock of Marianne's hair. B) It's a gift from Mrs. Ferrars. C) It's just a simple accessory. D) It has a lock of her own hair. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) It has a lock of her own hair. 3. Who marries Colonel Brandon? A) Marianne. B) Elinor. C) Lucy. D) Mrs. Dashwood. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Marianne. 4. Which one is wrong? A) The Earth. B) A moon. C) The universe. D) The sun. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A moon. 5. Edward was handsome and pleasing at first sight. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 6. What was Mrs. Ferrars' reaction to Edward's decision to marry Elinor? A) She refused to attend the wedding. B) She disowned him. C) She was indifferent. D) She consented and gave him a generous gift. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) She consented and gave him a generous gift. 7. What is Elinor worried that Edward's mother and sister will force him to do? A) Find a job in sales. B) Socialize with famous people. C) Give them all his money. D) Marry a woman with higher social status than Elinor has. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Marry a woman with higher social status than Elinor has. 8. John's wife was eager in everything, her feelings were always strongly felt and expressed. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 9. Who provides a cottage for the Dashwood family on his estate? A) John Willoughby. B) Edward Ferrars. C) Colonel Brandon. D) Sir John Middleton. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sir John Middleton. 10. Colonel Brandon marry Marainne in the end. A) FALSE. B) TRUE. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) TRUE. 11. What forces the Dashwood sisters to leave their home at Norland Park? A) Their father's death and inheritance laws. B) A disagreement with their landlord. C) A natural disaster. D) They decided to travel the world. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Their father's death and inheritance laws. 12. Sir John Middleton offered Mrs. Dashwood and her daughters a small house/cottage. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 13. Why does John say he's sorry that Mrs. Dashwood and her daughters are moving so far away? A) He needed them to do the housework. B) He will have to deliver their furniture by boat, instead of by road (which will cost him more money). C) He doesn't want to be left alone with his horrible wife. D) He wanted to marry one of them. E) He wanted to get to know them better, since they didn't grow up together. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He will have to deliver their furniture by boat, instead of by road (which will cost him more money). 14. -Quand faut il utiliser "the" ? A) When I talk about shared knowledge. B) When I talk about a concept, a general idea. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) When I talk about shared knowledge. 15. Why did Lucy break her engagement with Edward? A) She fell in love with Robert. B) She received a better proposal. C) Edward's mother threatened her. D) Edward was preparing for ordination. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) She fell in love with Robert. 16. I should choose to live life ..... A) Like a black hole. B) Fun and make others happy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Fun and make others happy. 17. Who is described as short, heavy-set, and enthusiastic? A) Mrs. Jennings. B) Charlotte Palmer. C) Mrs. Dashwood. D) Lady Middleton. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Charlotte Palmer. 18. How does Elinor feel about the Palmers' marriage? A) It's oddly matched but happy. B) It's based on financial convenience. C) It's unhappy. D) It's perfect. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It's oddly matched but happy. 19. Pick the correct one A) I want you eat. B) I want you eating. C) I want that you eat. D) I want you to eat. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) I want you to eat. 20. Mrs Dashwood wanted to keep her daughters at Norland after ..... arrived. A) Robert Ferrars. B) John Dashwood. C) Mrs John Dashwood. D) Edward Ferrars. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Edward Ferrars. 21. From whom was the lock of hair that Edward Ferrars had? A) Anne Steele. B) Lucy Steele. C) Marianne. D) Elinor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Lucy Steele. 22. Marianne was the one convincing their mother to be calmer. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 23. Why does Edward say he must leave Barton Park? A) Elinor asked him to leave. B) He got a new job. C) He does not like the place. D) Because of his mother, Mrs. Ferrars. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Because of his mother, Mrs. Ferrars. 24. Expression du but:to or for? A) He had surgery for look good. B) He had surgery to look good. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He had surgery to look good. 25. Elinor thought many houses were ..... A) Were too large for their income. B) Were not large enough. C) Were not close enough to Norland. D) Did not have gardens. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Were too large for their income. 26. Fanny is Mrs. Dashwood's daughter in law. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 27. Elinor had a great deal of ..... A) Humour and honour. B) Intelligence and common sense. C) Passion and praise. D) Sorrow and taste. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Intelligence and common sense. 28. Why does Mrs. Dashwood decide to move out of Norland? A) She never wants to see him again. B) She thinks he's as greedy as his awful wife. C) She hates it there because it's full of bad memories. D) She is angry that Fanny thinks Elinor is trying to marry her brother. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) She is angry that Fanny thinks Elinor is trying to marry her brother. 29. Mrs John Dashwood arrived unexpectedly at Norland with ..... A) All her furniture. B) Her husband. C) Her child and servants. D) Money. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Her child and servants. 30. Who marries Edward Ferrars? A) Lucy Steele. B) Elinor Dashwood. C) Marianne Dashwood. D) Miss Grey. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Elinor Dashwood. 31. Is keeping promises more important than being happy? A) Falso. B) TRUE. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Falso. 32. Why do the Dashwoods dread spending more time with the Palmers? A) Because of their differing personalities. B) Because of their rudeness. C) Because of their boring stories. D) Because of their loudness. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Because of their differing personalities. 33. It is the habit of giving or sharing with others without receiving anything in return. A) Responsibility. B) Generosity. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Generosity. 34. What was Mrs. Jennings, Lady Middleton's mother, main interest? A) To find good husbands for all unmarried ladies. B) To marry her daughters to rich men. C) To go to parties and hunting. D) To gossip and find other people's secrets. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To find good husbands for all unmarried ladies. 35. John Dashwood finally decided to offer Mrs Dashwood ..... A) Neighbourly assistance. B) The house. C) Some money. D) A carriage. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Neighbourly assistance. 36. John Dashwood promised his father he'd ..... A) Make his father's family comfortable. B) Give Mrs Dashwood some money. C) Sell the house. D) Let the three sisters live in the house. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Make his father's family comfortable. 37. Why is Marianne unhappy with the idea that Edward Ferrars might want to marry Elinor? A) Marianne thinks he doesn't love Elinor. B) Marianne is in love with him. C) Marianne doesn't think he's dashing and handsome enough to marry. D) Marianne thinks Edward is too poor to support Elinor. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Marianne doesn't think he's dashing and handsome enough to marry. 38. What is Mr. Palmer's complaint at the Middleton's house? A) Lack of a billiard room. B) The company is dull. C) The weather is bad. D) The food is not good. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Lack of a billiard room. 39. When you only seek your own interest, if you achieve it, it is temporarily. Refers to ..... A) Soledad. B) Date of Expiry. C) You reap what you sow. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Date of Expiry. 40. Why did Mrs. Jennings thought her daughter Charlotte shouldn't have travelled? A) Because she was different from her sister. B) Because the roads were terrible. C) Because she was expecting a child. D) Because the weather was bad. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Because she was expecting a child. 41. Who did Edward intend to marry after his engagement with Lucy was broken? A) Marianne. B) Mrs. Dashwood. C) Elinor. D) Miss Morton. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Elinor. 42. What does Mrs. Palmer think about Willoughby and Marianne? A) They are engaged. B) They are just friends. C) They are cousins. D) They have never met. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) They are engaged. 43. Who is Fanny Dashwood? A) The first wife of Mr. Dashwood. B) The wife of John Dashwood. C) The second wife of Mr. Dashwood. D) One of the Dashwood sisters. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The wife of John Dashwood. 44. Mr Henry Dashwood outlived his uncle by ..... A) Many years. B) Five years. C) One year. D) Ten years. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) One year. 45. Did Elinor liked the Miss Steeles? A) Yes. B) No. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) No. 46. "Age-erasing" is a A) Nom. B) Verb. C) Adverb. D) Adjectif. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Adjectif. 47. Marianne was like her mother because she ..... A) Was never sad. B) Liked horses. C) Had strong feelings. D) Was always late. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had strong feelings. 48. Who does Henry Dashwood call to his sickbed, and ask to support his wife and daughters? A) Mrs. Jennings. B) John Dashwood. C) Mrs. Dashwood. D) Sir John Middleton. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) John Dashwood. 49. Which character is referred to in the quotation? 'joined insincerity with ignorance' A) Nancy. B) Fanny. C) Lucy. D) Charlotte Palmer. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Lucy. 50. How does Elinor react after Edward leaves? A) She publicly shows her grief. B) She celebrates with her family. C) She keeps her grief private. D) She leaves Barton Park too. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) She keeps her grief private. 51. Where does Mrs. Dashwood decide to go? A) To rent a cottage from her relative, Sir John Middleton. B) To London, to get a job as a governess. C) To Sussex on vacation. D) Nowhere-she refuses to ever leave Norland Park. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To rent a cottage from her relative, Sir John Middleton. 52. The first step to get out of selfishness is ..... A) Understand that there are valuable things beyond personal interests. B) Understand that sometimes we must give in to the whims of others. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Understand that there are valuable things beyond personal interests. 53. Why did Mr. Willoughby have to rescue Marianne? A) She had hurt her ankle. B) She was wet from the rain. C) She was tired from running. D) She was being chased by his dogs. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) She had hurt her ankle. 54. What would Edward like to be? A) A lawyer. B) A sailor. C) A soldier. D) A clergyman. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A clergyman. 55. Who helped Edward Ferrars to get a position in the church? A) Colonel Brandon. B) John Dashwood. C) John Middleton. D) Mrs. Jennings. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Colonel Brandon. 56. Marianne didn't know about Edward and Lucy's secret engagment A) FALSE. B) TRUE. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) TRUE. 57. Articles:a or the or nothing? A) A people don't like surgeries. B) The people don't like surgeries. C) People don't like surgeries. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) People don't like surgeries. 58. Mrs. Ferrar was interested in Elinor's screen painting A) TRUE. B) FALSE. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) FALSE. 59. Who was riding the horse when the sisters thought it was Willoughby? A) Edward Ferrars. B) Colonel Brandon. C) Sir John. D) John Dashwood. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Edward Ferrars. 60. When you only seek your own interest, you do not share things, intentions and feelings. Refers to ..... A) Selfishness. B) Date of Expiry. C) Soledad. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Soledad. 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