Jane Austen Quiz

1. How many novels did Jane Austen complete?

1. 4
2. 5
3. 6
4. 8

2. Which novel opens with: 'It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife'?

1. Emma
2. Mansfield Park
3. Pride and Prejudice
4. Sense and Sensibility

3. Who is the brooding, proud love interest in Pride and Prejudice?

1. Mr. Bingley
2. Mr. Collins
3. Mr. Darcy
4. Mr. Wickham

4. Who is the protagonist of Austen's novel Emma?

1. Emma Bennet
2. Emma Dashwood
3. Emma Ferrars
4. Emma Woodhouse

5. Sense and Sensibility contrasts which two sisters?

1. Catherine and Fanny
2. Elinor and Marianne
3. Elizabeth and Jane
4. Emma and Anne

6. How many daughters do Mr and Mrs Bennet have in Pride and Prejudice?

1. 3
2. 4
3. 5
4. 6

7. Mr Collins, Elizabeth Bennet's insufferable suitor, is financially dependent on which great lady?

1. Lady Bertram
2. Lady Catherine de Bourgh
3. Lady Russell
4. Mrs Churchill

8. Jane Austen was born in which English county?

1. Derbyshire
2. Hampshire
3. Kent
4. Somerset

9. Northanger Abbey gently satirises which popular genre of fiction?

1. Adventure stories
2. Gothic horror novels
3. Historical fiction
4. Romance novels

10. Emma's central flaw — the source of most of the novel's comedy and drama — is her habit of:

1. Being too proud and vain
2. Meddling in other people's romantic lives
3. Refusing to marry
4. Spending recklessly

11. The protagonist of Persuasion — Austen's final completed novel — is:

1. Anne Elliot
2. Catherine Morland
3. Elinor Dashwood
4. Elizabeth Bennet

12. In Persuasion, what is the name of the naval officer Anne Elliot once rejected and must face again?

1. Captain Benwick
2. Captain Crawford
3. Captain Tilney
4. Captain Wentworth

13. Which Austen novel features a young woman named Fanny Price?

1. Emma
2. Mansfield Park
3. Northanger Abbey
4. Sense and Sensibility

14. In Pride and Prejudice, the youngest Bennet sister Lydia elopes scandalously with:

1. Captain Benwick
2. Mr Bingley
3. Mr Darcy
4. Mr Wickham

15. Emma Woodhouse's love interest, who has known her since childhood and is the only person who challenges her honestly, is:

1. Mr Churchill
2. Mr Dixon
3. Mr Elton
4. Mr Knightley

16. Jane Austen died at what age?

1. 34
2. 41
3. 47
4. 53

17. Jane Austen's novels were published anonymously. What appeared on the title page instead of her name?

1. 'Anonymous'
2. 'By a Clergyman's Daughter'
3. 'By a Lady of Hampshire'
4. 'By the Author of Sense and Sensibility'

18. Which city did Jane Austen live in from 1801 to 1806, which she reportedly found unsatisfying and creatively barren?

1. Bath
2. Bristol
3. London
4. Oxford

19. The famous 1995 BBC adaptation of Pride and Prejudice, starring Colin Firth as Darcy, is best remembered for which scene?

1. Darcy emerging from a lake in a wet white shirt
2. The final reunion at Pemberley
3. The Netherfield ball
4. The proposal at Hunsford

20. Jane Austen's face appears on which UK banknote?

1. £10 note
2. £20 note
3. £5 note
4. £50 note