
Pride & Prejudice Quiz
Beginner Quiz Answers
- Of Brighton, Bristol, London, and Derbyshire, which locale in England is
NOT mentioned in the novel?
ANSWER: Bristol
- What are the names of the five Bennet sisters?
ANSWER: Jane, Elizabeth, Mary, Kitty, and Lydia
- What town is within walking distance of Longbourn?
ANSWER: Meryton
- What is the name of the Bennet relations who live there?
ANSWER: Mr & Mrs Philips
- What is Mr Darcy's reported annual income?
ANSWER: 10,000 pounds
- What beautiful feature does Mr Darcy first admire in Elizabeth?
ANSWER: Her fine eyes
- Who will inherit Mr Bennet's estate after his death?
ANSWER: Mr Collins
- What is the name of Mr Bingley's brother-in-law?
ANSWER: Mr Hurst
- Mr Darcy cannot comprehend anyone neglecting what?
ANSWER: A family library
- In what part of London do the Gardiners live?
ANSWER: Cheapside
- What is the name of Mr Collins' humble abode?
ANSWER: Hunsford
- Who or what is Rosings?
ANSWER: The home of Lady Catherine de Bourgh
- How old is Charlotte Lucas?
ANSWER: Twenty-seven
- After Elizabeth refuses Mr Collins, whom does Mrs Bennet hope he will
marry instead?
ANSWER: Mary Bennet
- Who is Mrs Jenkinson?
ANSWER: Miss de Bourgh's companion
- What is the skill which, according to her mother, Miss deBourgh would
excel at, if she’d ever learned it?
ANSWER: Playing the piano
- What unnecessary advice does Lady Catherine tell Darcy to convey to his
sister?
ANSWER: To practice playing the piano a great deal
- Who shares with Mr Darcy in the guardianship of Miss Darcy?
ANSWER: Colonel Fitzwilliam
- What was Mr Wickham's relationship to Mr Darcy's father?
ANSWER: Godson
- What profession did Mr Darcy's father hope Mr Wickham would enter?
ANSWER: The church
- How much money did Mr Darcy give Mr Wickham in lieu of future assistance
in that profession?
ANSWER: Three thousand pounds
- How old was Miss Darcy when she almost eloped with Wickham?
ANSWER: Fifteen
- What prevented that elopement?
ANSWER: Miss Darcy confessed the plan to her brother
- Who invites Lydia to Brighton?
ANSWER: Colonel Forster's wife
- In what town is the Inn where Elizabeth & the Gardiners stay near
Pemberley?
ANSWER: Lambton
- At Pemberley, what gift does Elizabeth learn Mr Darcy has recently given
his sister?
ANSWER: A piano
- On her first visit to Pemberley, Mr Darcy surprises Elizabeth by asking if
he may introduce her to whom?
ANSWER: His sister, Georgiana
- Who enters the room just after Elizabeth finds out that Lydia has gone off
to Scotland with Wickham?
ANSWER: Mr Darcy
- What is Mrs Bennet afraid her husband will do if he finds Wickham?
ANSWER: Fight a duel with him and be killed
- Which character says that a woman "cannot be too much guarded in her
behaviour towards the undeserving of the other sex"?
ANSWER: Mary Bennet
- Which character advises Mr Bennet to leave Lydia "to reap the fruits
of her own heinous offense"?
ANSWER: Mr Collins
- How much does Mr Bennet guess Mr Gardiner has given Wickham to persuade
him to marry Lydia?
ANSWER: At least 10,000 pounds
- Which character suggests that Lydia and Wickham "will settle so
quietly, and live in so rational a manner, as may in time make their past
imprudence forgotten"?
ANSWER: Jane Bennet
- What does Lydia promise her sisters she will do for them, if they visit
her at Newcastle?
ANSWER: Get them husbands
- Which character purchases a commission in the 'regulars' for Wickham?
ANSWER: Mr Darcy
- Why could a marriage between Elizabeth and Mr Darcy never take place,
according to Lady Catherine?
ANSWER: He is already engaged to Miss de Bourgh
- Who sends a letter to Mr Bennet suggesting that Elizabeth "will not
long bear the name of Bennet"?
ANSWER: Mr Collins
- Who unwittingly provides encouragement for Mr Darcy to propose to
Elizabeth again?
ANSWER: Lady Catherine
- Who is the first person Elizabeth informs of her engagement?
ANSWER: Jane Bennet
- Is Mrs Bennet's first reaction to Elizabeth's engagement approval or
disapproval?
ANSWER: Approval - to put it mildly!
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