This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Literature > Classics > Sense And Sensibility > Sense And Sensibility – Quiz 2 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Sense And Sensibility Quiz 2 (59 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Who told Fanny Dashwood about Robert and Lucy's secret engagement? A) Elinor. B) Anne. C) Marianne. D) Lucy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Anne. 2. What does Mrs. Palmer know about Willoughby from Colonel Brandon? A) He is wealthy. B) He is moving to London. C) He is engaged to Marianne. D) He is a close friend of the family. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He is engaged to Marianne. 3. Read this sentence: "Had he marrieda more amiable woman, he might have been made still more respectable than hewas:-he might even have been made amiable himself ..... '' ..... What is the meaning of amiable as it is used inthis sentence? A) Good-natured. B) Intellectual. C) Strong-willed. D) Conscientious. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Good-natured. 4. The person who is generous, by not expecting anything in return, in the end is the one who receives the most. A) Falso. B) TRUE. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) TRUE. 5. Which character is referred to in the quotation? 'an idle, helpless being' A) Robert. B) Willoughby. C) Edward. D) Mr. Palmer. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Edward. 6. Elinor frequently acted as ..... A) Her mother's adviser. B) Mistress of the house. C) Head of the family. D) A mother. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Her mother's adviser. 7. What theme does the novel suggest requires balance for happiness? A) Education and ignorance. B) Youth and age. C) Head and heart. D) Wealth and poverty. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Head and heart. 8. By his first wife, Mr Henry Dashwood had one son. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 9. What was John's suggestion to Edward regarding Mrs. Ferrars? A) To apologize for his secrecy. B) To challenge her decision. C) To ignore her displeasure. D) To move away from London. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To apologize for his secrecy. 10. Who ends up marrying Colonel Brandon? A) Lucy Steele. B) Marianne Dashwood. C) Elinor Dashwood. D) Fanny Dashwood. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Marianne Dashwood. 11. What did Lucy Steele showed to Elinor that Edward had given her? A) A handkerchief. B) A ring. C) A lock of hair. D) A picture. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A picture. 12. Mrs. John Dashwood approved to take 3000 pounds from the fortune of their little boy to be given to the Dashwood sisters. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False. 13. How many letters did Marianne wrote to Willoughby? A) 1. B) 4. C) 2. D) 3. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 3. 14. Does acting only out of selfish interest produce a closed vicious circle? A) TRUE. B) Falso. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) TRUE. 15. Which sister is described as having "strength and understanding" ? A) Margaret. B) Elinor. C) Marianne. D) Lucy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Elinor. 16. Who listened carefully and with pleasure to Marianne play the piano? A) Sir John. B) Colonel Brandon. C) Mrs. Jennings. D) Lady Middleton. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Colonel Brandon. 17. The old man left his fortune to his nephew, Mr Henry Dashwood, to ..... A) Use during his life. B) Spend as he wished. C) Buy a house. D) Give away. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Use during his life. 18. Which family is the focus of the novel? A) The Ferrars family. B) The Steele Family. C) The Partridge Family. D) The Dashwood Family. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The Dashwood Family. 19. What is Mr. Palmer's attitude during the visit? A) Friendly and engaging. B) Angry and confrontational. C) Aloof and disinterested. D) Excited and talkative. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Aloof and disinterested. 20. Who are the two sisters at the heart of 'Sense and Sensibility'? A) Lucy and Fanny Steele. B) Elinor and Marianne Dashwood. C) Marianne and Margaret Dashwood. D) Mrs. Dashwood and Lady Middleton. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Elinor and Marianne Dashwood. 21. How did Edward feel about his actions towards Mrs. Ferrars? A) Indifferent. B) Regretful. C) Ashamed. D) Not sorry. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Not sorry. 22. Like Marianne, Elinor was generous, clever and sensitive. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 23. The verse Ruth answered:Do not beg me to leave you and depart from you; for wherever you go, I will go, and wherever you live, I will live. Your people will be my people, and your God my God. Where you die, I will die, and there I will be buried; Jehovah do so to me, and furthermore, that only death will separate us two." It corresponds to ..... A) Ruth 1:16-17. B) Ruth 1:18-19. C) Ruth 1:15-19. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ruth 1:16-17. 24. Who did Lucy Steele married? A) Robert Ferrars. B) Edward Ferrars. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Robert Ferrars. 25. You are generous when you want and help others to be the happiest they can be. A) Falso. B) TRUE. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) TRUE. 26. Who does Marianne Dashwood fall in love with? A) Edward Ferrars. B) John Willoughby. C) Robert Ferrars. D) Colonel Brandon. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) John Willoughby. 27. Who suggested to Mrs. Dashwood to live in Barton Cottage? A) John. B) Sir John Middleton. C) Marianne. D) Fanny. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sir John Middleton. 28. He only seeks his own interest. A) Selfishness. B) Soledad. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Selfishness. 29. What was Willoughby's reaction to Marianne's marriage? A) He was happy for her. B) He felt a pang of regret. C) He did not know about it. D) He was indifferent. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He felt a pang of regret. 30. What happened to Eliza Williams' baby, young Elilza? A) She died. B) She dissapeared. C) Colonel Brandon took care of her. D) Her father took care of her. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Colonel Brandon took care of her. 31. For who was "good sense" more important than sensibility? A) Margaret. B) Marianne. C) Elinor. D) Mrs. Dashwood. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Elinor. 32. Mrs. Ferrars was happy about her son Edward's marriage to Elinor Dashwood A) FALSE. B) TRUE. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) TRUE. 33. What did Edward and Elinor do after their marriage? A) They took quarters in the house at Delaford. B) They moved to Oxford. C) They lived in Barton Cottage. D) They traveled to London. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) They took quarters in the house at Delaford. 34. Why did Marianne and Willoughby laughted at the Colonel? A) Because no one admired him. B) Because he was funny. C) Because he was poor. D) Because he was different from them. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Because he was different from them. 35. Who gives birth to a child during the novel? A) Mrs. Charlotte Palmer. B) Mrs. Jennings. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mrs. Charlotte Palmer. 36. Who was secretly engaged to Edward Ferrars for several years? A) Lucy Steele. B) Marianne Dashwood. C) Fanny Dashwood. D) Elinor Dashwood. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Lucy Steele. 37. How much money does John initially decide to give each of his sisters? A) 100 Pounds. B) 1, 000 Pounds. C) 500 Pounds. D) 10, 000 Pounds. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 1, 000 Pounds. 38. The family were offered a house by ..... A) Mrs John Dashwood. B) Sir John Middleton. C) Mrs Jennings. D) Edward Ferrars. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sir John Middleton. 39. Marianne thinks that Edward is passionate about music and arts. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False. 40. Mr. Willoughby had told Marianne he loved her A) FALSE. B) TRUE. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) FALSE. 41. Does Elinor fall in love with Edward Ferrars? A) Falso. B) TRUE. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) TRUE. 42. Elinor confirms to Edward that her heart is and will always be His. A) Afirmativo. B) Negative. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Afirmativo. 43. Which character is referred to in the quotation? ''delicate, unobstrusive enquiries' A) Edward. B) Brandon. C) Mrs Jennings. D) Elinor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Brandon. 44. Which character is referred to in the quotation?:'strength of understanding' and 'coolness of judgement' A) Edward. B) Brandon. C) Elinor. D) Lucy. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Elinor. 45. As a sign of the old Mr Dashwood's affection for the sisters, he left them ..... A) His house. B) His horses. C) One thousand pounds each. D) A cottage. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) One thousand pounds each. 46. How did Colonel Brandon assist Edward? A) By speaking to Lucy. B) By lending him money. C) By offering him a parsonage. D) By writing a letter to Mrs. Ferrars. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) By offering him a parsonage. 47. Why did Colonel Brandon had to cancel the visit to Whitwell? A) His brother in law returned from holiday. B) He had to go to London. C) He was angry at Willoughby. D) He had received a letter from his brother in law. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He had to go to London. 48. Which character is referred to in the quotation? 'as good a kind of fellow as ever lived' A) John Willoughby. B) John Dashwood. C) Sir John Middleton. D) Edward. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) John Willoughby. 49. Margaret, ..... , seemed likely to grow up without her sisters' advantages A) An ugly girl of fourteen. B) A very intelligent girl of fifteen. C) A sad girl of twelve. D) A pleasant girl of thirteen. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A pleasant girl of thirteen. 50. Who got sick at Cleveland home? A) Mrs. Jennings. B) Marianne. C) Mrs. Palmer's baby. D) Mrs. Palmer. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Marianne. 51. Who showed up by surprise at Cleveland home? A) Colonel Brandon. B) Edward Ferrars. C) John Middleton. D) Willoughby. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Willoughby. 52. How many times was Henry Dashwood married? A) Once. B) Twice. C) Never. D) Thrice. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Twice. 53. Who does Mrs. Ferrars, Edward's mother, want him to marry? A) Miss Morton. B) Lucy Steele. C) Mariamme Dashwood. D) Elinor Dashwood. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Miss Morton. 54. Elinor, Margaret and Mary are sisters. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False. 55. If you act only out of interest, selfishly, it produces a circle ..... A) Of true friendship. B) Vicious closed. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Vicious closed. 56. Who was the man that Elinor and Marianna had seen at the shop? A) Colonel Brandon. B) Edward Ferrars. C) John Middleton. D) Robert Ferrars. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Robert Ferrars. 57. Why was Margaret shure that Marianne and Willoughby would soon get married? A) He had given Marianne a horse. B) He had told Margaret about it. C) He had a lock of Marianne's hair. D) He had asked Marianne to marry him. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He had a lock of Marianne's hair. 58. The Dashwood family had owned Norland Park in ..... for many years. A) Sussex. B) Essex. C) Exeter. D) Somerset. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sussex. 59. What was the outcome for Lucy and Robert? A) They moved abroad. B) They separated shortly after marriage. C) They gained Mrs. Ferrars' real favour. D) They were disowned by Mrs. Ferrars. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) They gained Mrs. Ferrars' real favour. ← PreviousRelated QuizzesClassics QuizzesEnglish Literature QuizzesSense And Sensibility Quiz 1 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books