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Pride & Prejudice Quiz

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  1. Of Brighton, Bristol, London, and Derbyshire, which locale in England is NOT mentioned in the novel?
    ANSWER: Bristol

     

  2. What are the names of the five Bennet sisters?
    ANSWER: Jane, Elizabeth, Mary, Kitty, and Lydia

     

  3. What town is within walking distance of Longbourn?
    ANSWER: Meryton

     

  4. What is the name of the Bennet relations who live there?
    ANSWER: Mr & Mrs Philips 

     

  5. What is Mr Darcy's reported annual income?
    ANSWER: 10,000 pounds

     

  6. What beautiful feature does Mr Darcy first admire in Elizabeth?
    ANSWER: Her fine eyes

     

  7. Who will inherit Mr Bennet's estate after his death?
    ANSWER: Mr Collins

     

  8. What is the name of Mr Bingley's brother-in-law?
    ANSWER: Mr Hurst

     

  9. Mr Darcy cannot comprehend anyone neglecting what?
    ANSWER: A family library

     

  10. In what part of London do the Gardiners live?
    ANSWER: Cheapside

     

  11. What is the name of Mr Collins' humble abode?
    ANSWER: Hunsford

     

  12. Who or what is Rosings?
    ANSWER: The home of Lady Catherine de Bourgh

     

  13. How old is Charlotte Lucas?
    ANSWER: Twenty-seven

     

  14. After Elizabeth refuses Mr Collins, whom does Mrs Bennet hope he will marry instead?
    ANSWER: Mary Bennet

     

  15. Who is Mrs Jenkinson?
    ANSWER: Miss de Bourgh's companion

     

  16. What is the skill which, according to her mother, Miss deBourgh would excel at, if she’d ever learned it?
    ANSWER: Playing the piano

     

  17. What unnecessary advice does Lady Catherine tell Darcy to convey to his sister?
    ANSWER: To practice playing the piano a great deal

     

  18. Who shares with Mr Darcy in the guardianship of Miss Darcy?
    ANSWER: Colonel Fitzwilliam

     

  19. What was Mr Wickham's relationship to Mr Darcy's father?
    ANSWER: Godson

     

  20. What profession did Mr Darcy's father hope Mr Wickham would enter?
    ANSWER: The church

     

  21. How much money did Mr Darcy give Mr Wickham in lieu of future assistance in that profession?
    ANSWER: Three thousand pounds

     

  22. How old was Miss Darcy when she almost eloped with Wickham?
    ANSWER: Fifteen

     

  23. What prevented that elopement?
    ANSWER: Miss Darcy confessed the plan to her brother 

     

  24. Who invites Lydia to Brighton?
    ANSWER: Colonel Forster's wife 

     

  25. In what town is the Inn where Elizabeth & the Gardiners stay near Pemberley?
    ANSWER: Lambton

     

  26. At Pemberley, what gift does Elizabeth learn Mr Darcy has recently given his sister?
    ANSWER: A piano

     

  27. On her first visit to Pemberley, Mr Darcy surprises Elizabeth by asking if he may introduce her to whom?
    ANSWER: His sister, Georgiana

     

  28. Who enters the room just after Elizabeth finds out that Lydia has gone off to Scotland with Wickham?
    ANSWER: Mr Darcy

     

  29. What is Mrs Bennet afraid her husband will do if he finds Wickham?
    ANSWER: Fight a duel with him and be killed

     

  30. Which character says that a woman "cannot be too much guarded in her behaviour towards the undeserving of the other sex"?
    ANSWER: Mary Bennet 

     

  31. Which character advises Mr Bennet to leave Lydia "to reap the fruits of her own heinous offense"?
    ANSWER: Mr Collins 

     

  32. How much does Mr Bennet guess Mr Gardiner has given Wickham to persuade him to marry Lydia?
    ANSWER: At least 10,000 pounds

     

  33. 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

     

  34. What does Lydia promise her sisters she will do for them, if they visit her at Newcastle?
    ANSWER: Get them husbands

     

  35. Which character purchases a commission in the 'regulars' for Wickham?
    ANSWER: Mr Darcy

     

  36. 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

     

  37. Who sends a letter to Mr Bennet suggesting that Elizabeth "will not long bear the name of Bennet"?
    ANSWER: Mr Collins

     

  38. Who unwittingly provides encouragement for Mr Darcy to propose to Elizabeth again?
    ANSWER: Lady Catherine

     

  39. Who is the first person Elizabeth informs of her engagement?
    ANSWER: Jane Bennet

     

  40. Is Mrs Bennet's first reaction to Elizabeth's engagement approval or disapproval?
    ANSWER: Approval - to put it mildly!

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