When (according to local gossip) is Mr Bingley expected to move into
Netherfield?
ANSWER: Before Michaelmas
What important position did Sir William Lucas hold before he was
knighted?
ANSWER: Mayor (presumably of Meryton)
What is Mr Bennet's annual income?
ANSWER: 2000 pounds
What is the Boulanger?
ANSWER: A lively country dance (performed at the Meryton assembly)
What are the names of the five young ladies who danced with Mr Bingley
at the Meryton assembly?
ANSWER: Charlotte Lucas, Jane Bennet (twice), Miss King, Maria Lucas,
and Elizabeth Bennet
What is the amount of Miss Bingley's fortune?
ANSWER: 20,000 pounds
Does Mr Hurst prefer a plain dish, or a ragout?
ANSWER: A ragout
According to Miss Bingley, what subjects must a lady have a thorough
knowledge of, if she is to be considered accomplished?
ANSWER: Music, singing, drawing, dancing, and the modern languages.
What is the name of Mr Bingley's cook?
ANSWER: Nicholls
What game does Mr Collins play with Mr Bennet after his unsuccessful
attempt to read sermons to the ladies?
ANSWER: Backgammon
Who introduces Mr Wickham to the Bennet sisters?
ANSWER: Mr Denny
How much money does Elizabeth expect to inherit from her parents?
ANSWER: 1000 pounds
What, according to Mr Collins, is the cost of one of the chimney
pieces at Rosings?
ANSWER: 800 pounds
In what kind of vehicle is Miss de Bourgh often seen driving by
Hunsford?
ANSWER: A phaeton and ponies
What card game is Lydia Bennet particularly fond of?
ANSWER: Lottery tickets
What was the profession, if any, of Mrs Bennet's father?
ANSWER: Attorney
What is the exact date of the Netherfield ball?
ANSWER: November 26
Who is Elizabeth's first dancing partner at the Netherfield ball?
ANSWER: Mr Collins
At the end of the Netherfield ball, how long do the Bennets have to
wait for their carriage after the other guests are gone, thanks to Mrs
Bennet's manoevring?
ANSWER: A quarter-hour
In whose house at Grosvenor Street is Miss Bingley staying when she
goes back to London?
ANSWER: Mr Hurst's
How long is Jane Bennet in London before she first sees Miss Bingley
there?
ANSWER: A week
How long is it before Miss Bingley returns her call?
ANSWER: A fortnight
After Charlotte receives her parents' consent to marry Mr Collins,
what does Lady Lucas immediately begin calculating "with more
interest than the matter had ever excited before"?
ANSWER: How long Mr Bennet is likely to live
When Elizabeth, Sir William Lucas, and Maria Lucas stop in London on
their way to Hunsford, where do they spend the evening?
ANSWER: The theatre
What kind of men does Elizabeth tell Mrs Gardiner are the only ones
worth knowing?
ANSWER: Stupid men
Why don't the ladies go with Mr Collins and Sir William to walk around
the Hunsford meadows?
ANSWER: The ladies' shoes are not equal to encountering the remains of a
white frost
How often do the Collinses normally dine at Rosings?
ANSWER: Twice a week
What item does Lady Catherine think too large for Mrs Collins' family?
ANSWER: Her joints of meat
On what subjects does Lady Catherine instruct Mrs Collins during
Elizabeth's first visit to Rosings?
ANSWER: Her cows and poultry
To whom did Lady Catherine recently recommend a governess?
ANSWER: Lady Metcalfe
What was the name of the governess she recommended?
ANSWER: Miss Pope
Mr Darcy is expected at Rosings during the week before what holiday?
ANSWER: Easter
As a possible suitor to Elizabeth, what advantage does Darcy possess
over Colonel Fitzwilliam, according to Charlotte's estimation?
ANSWER: Considerable patronage in the church
Why was Mr Wickham's father poor?
ANSWER: From the extravagance of his wife
Where has Miss Darcy been living since her father's death?
ANSWER: London
What is the name of Miss Darcy's current companion?
ANSWER: Mrs Annesley
When Miss Darcy went to Ramsgate, how many manservants did Lady
Catherine insist she must have with her?
ANSWER: Two
How long is Elizabeth's visit with Mr & Mrs Collins?
ANSWER: Six weeks
Where does Lady Catherine expect Elizabeth and Maria Lucas to stop to
change horses on their return to London?
ANSWER: The Bell, in Bromley
Where has Miss King gone during Elizabeth's absence from Longbourn?
ANSWER: To live with her uncle at Liverpool
Whom did Lydia and Mrs Forster dress up in woman's clothes?
ANSWER: Chamberlayne
By how long is the beginning of Elizabeth's trip with her aunt &
uncle delayed by Mr Gardiner's business?
ANSWER: A fortnight
How many children do the Gardiners have?
ANSWER: Four — two girls & two boys
From whom does Elizabeth learn that the Darcys are not at Pemberley
for the summer?
ANSWER: A chambermaid at the inn
How many miles would it be to walk around the entire park at
Pemberley?
ANSWER: Ten
When Mr Darcy suddenly appears coming from the stable, how near is he
to Elizabeth?
ANSWER: Within twenty yards
As Elizabeth and the Gardiners walk back toward the house along the
river, what draws Mr Gardiner's attention?
ANSWER: The occasional appearance of some trout in the water
At what hour does Mr Bennet receive an express from Colonel Forster
informing him of Lydia's elopement?
ANSWER: 'Round midnight
How long does it take Elizabeth & Mrs Gardiner to write notes to
all their Lambton friends, giving false excuses for their sudden
departure?
ANSWER: An hour
How many nights do they sleep on the road on their return journey to
Longbourn from Derbyshire?
ANSWER: One
Who says, of Lydia's elopement, "the horror of what might
possibly happen, almost took from me my faculties"?
ANSWER: Jane Bennet
How much money was settled by marriage articles on Mrs. Bennet and the
children?
ANSWER: Five thousand pounds
Why does Mrs Bennet reject Purvis Lodge as the Wickhams' possible
future home?
ANSWER: The attics are dreadful
What will Wickham's rank be in his new regiment (after he marries
Lydia)?
ANSWER: Ensign
Where do the Wickhams spend their wedding night?
ANSWER: Longbourn
To whom does the newlywed Mrs Wickham first display her wedding ring
on returning to the neighborhood of Longbourn?
ANSWER: William Goulding
From whom did Mr Darcy learn where Lydia & Wickham were staying?
ANSWER: Mrs Younge, his sister's former governess
What, according to Mrs Gardiner, is the real defect of Mr Darcy's
character?
ANSWER: Obstinacy
Where will Miss Darcy be until Christmas?
ANSWER: At Pemberley
When Bingley is at Longbourn proposing to Jane, where is Darcy?
ANSWER: London
When is he expected to return to Netherfield?
ANSWER: In ten days
Whom does Mr Darcy sit next to, at the dinner-party which Mrs Bennet
gives after his return to Hertfordshire?
ANSWER: Mrs Bennet
Why does Kitty leave Elizabeth and Mr Darcy alone when they are all
out walking together?
ANSWER: She wants to call on Maria Lucas
When Elizabeth writes to Mrs Gardiner to announce her engagement to Mr
Darcy, she invites the Gardiners to come to Pemberley when?
ANSWER: At Christmas
How many sides of paper are insufficient for Georgiana to express all
her delight in the news of Elizabeth's engagement to Mr Darcy?
ANSWER: Four
