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How Well Do You Know: Pride and Prejudice - Episodes 3 and 4
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1.
There is excitement at Longbourn when it is learned that Mr. Collins has made an offer of marriage! But who would accept an offer from one of the stupidest men in England?
Charlotte Lucas
Lucy Steele
Jane Fairfax
Sophia Crift
 
2.
Mrs. Bennet cannot bear to think of Charlotte Lucas being mistress at Longbourn, and she being forced to give way! What consolation is offered by Mr. Bennet?
that Mr. Collins will not want to be so far from Lady Catherine de Bourgh
that she could always go live with her sister
that the dowager cottage will be available for her
that he might outlive her
 
3.
Wickham is dancing with a young lady who is not very attractive, but who has inherited a fortune of £10,000! What is her name?
Mary King
Harriett Smith
Louisa Musgrove
Sophia Grey
 
4.
Jane goes to London to stay with her aunt and uncle, and has a visit from Miss Bingley, who made it evident that she took no pleasure from seeing her. What is Miss Bingley's first name?
Anne
Emma
Augusta
Caroline
 
5.
Charlotte has invited Lizzie to visit her at Hunsford. Her father suggests she should be happy to see Mr. Collins, not to mention the Lady Catherine de Bourgh, as Lizzie is a:
scholar of the absurd
admirer of fools and imbeciles
connoisseur of human folly
devotee of irrational personages
 
6.
Mr. Collins is truly honoured to be able to welcome the party to his humble abode. What does he describe as eminently suitable for a clergyman?
the fireplace
the library
the staircase
the parlour
 
7.
What activity does Charlotte encourage Mr. Collins to spend as much as possible of his time doing?
gardening
letter-writing
tending his flock
Scripture reading
 
8.
There is a big commotion when Miss Anne de Bourgh arrives at the parsonage - it was so great that Lizzie thought:
the pigs had got into the garden
there was a fox-hunt nearby
there was a badger on the grounds
the geese had escaped
 
9.
Lizzie thinks Miss Anne de Bourgh will make Darcy a proper wife because she looks __________.
bilious and tart
sickly and cross
infirm and resentful
feeble and ill-tempered
 
10.
Lady Catherine de Bourgh is specifically shocked to learn that:
Lizzie is not one to defer to her elders, or her betters in society
Lizzie had turned down a fine gentleman such as Mr. Collins
the younger Bennet daughters are out before the older ones are married
Lizzie is not yet one-and-twenty
 
11.
Rosings Park has visitors - Darcy and his cousin, whose surname is the same as Darcy's first name. What is it?
Fitzroy
Fitzgerald
Fitzwilliam
Fitzmorris
 
12.
In vain Mr Darcy has struggled, but his feelings will not be repressed. How does he begin his proposal of marriage to Lizzie?
"You must allow me to tell you how ardently I admire and love you"
"You pierce my soul. I am half agony, half hope"
"I will express myself as sensibly as a man violently in love can be supposed to do"
"I have been examining the workings of my heart, and I can truly say this..."
 
13.
Darcy states that his proposal is not that of a rational man, for all of the following reasons except:
it is against his own better judgement
he will be going expressly against the wishes of his family and his friends
his irrational passion will not be denied
the relative situation of their families is such that any alliance between us must be regarded as a highly reprehensible connection
 
14.
Lizzie rejects her second marriage proposal in as many episodes. What is not one of her stated reasons for doing so?
"I cannot like you well enough to marry you"
"Do you think any consideration would tempt me to accept the man who’s been the means of ruining the happiness of a most beloved sister?"
"You chose to tell me that you liked me against your will, against your reason, and even against your character"
"My dislike of you was decided when I heard Mr Wickham's story of your dealings with him"
 
15.
Darcy is not ashamed of the feelings he related. They were natural and just. Could you expect him to ________?
take pride that he has been kinder to his friend than to himself
rejoice in the inferiority of Lizzie's connections
ignore these honest scruples which are plain to see
celebrate his weakness in not overcoming these rational objections
 
16.
Complete this quote: "The mode of your declaration merely spared me any concern I might have felt in refusing you,________"
"you have made no effort in civility"
"had you behaved in a more gentleman-like manner"
"never has there been a proposal of marriage with such disdain and arrogance"
"but your impropriety, sir, was outspoken and insufferable"
 
17.
Following Lizzie's reaction of his marriage proposal, Darcy writes a letter to defend himself against the charges laid at his door. Mr Wickham declined any interest in the church as a career but requested, and was granted, the sum of ______ instead of the living
£2,000
£3,000
£4,000
£5,000
 
18.
More damningly, Mr. Wickham convinced Darcy's sister Georgiana to elope with him! How old was Georgiana at the time?
15
16
17
18
 
19.
As for detaching Mr. Bingley from Lizzie's sister Jane, Darcy does not deny this - though what part of this might have been beneath him?
convincing Bingley that Jane was more interested in his fortune
reading Bingley's letters to Jane
rejoicing in his triumph at separating Bingley from Jane
concealing from Bingley that Jane was in London
 
20.
How many times since her arrival has Lizzie been invited with the Collinses to dine at Rosings?
5
8
11
13
 
21.
Ill news for Kitty and Lydia - the regiment is leaving Meryton. Where are they going?
Brighton
Eastbourne
Worthing
Ramsgate
 
22.
Lydia also passes on the news that Wickham is not to marry Mary King after all. "I shouldn't think he cared three straws about her. Who could about such a ________?"
awful, cross-eyed little thing
beastly, buck-toothed little thing
vile, ill-favored little thing
nasty, freckled little thing
 
23.
Lydia gets her way, and goes to Brighton as the particular friend of:
Mrs. Carter
Mrs. Sanderson
Mrs. Harker
Mrs. Forster
 
24.
Lizzie is taking another trip away from Longbourn, this time with her aunt and uncle, Mr. and Mrs Gardiner. Where do they initially plan to go?
Cornwall
the Lake Country
the Scottish Highlands
the Cotswolds
 
25.
Unfortunately, Mr Gardiner's business won't allow him enough time away, and they will be visiting Derbyshire instead. What is the name of Darcy's Derbyshire estate?
Highclere
Chatsworth
Pemberley
Burghley
 
26.
What is the name of the village five miles from Pemberley?
Ecclesford
Allanham
Lambton
Everingham
 
27.
Lizzie and the Gardiners go to Pemberley. Perhaps the beauty of the house renders its owner a little less _________?
loathsome
repulsive
abhorrent
insufferable
 
28.
Lizzie runs into Darcy unexpectedly on the Pemberley grounds. What had he been doing just before?
riding
swimming
shooting
urinating behind a tree
 
29.
Darcy has had a transformation, and is delighted to make the acquaintance of Lizzie's relatives from Cheapside. He even invites Mr. Gardiner to engage in what activity?
hunting
fishing
shooting
cards
 
30.
Darcy advises Lizzie that the rest of his party arrives tomorrow. It includes all of the following, except:
Colonel Fitzwilliam
Mr. Bingley
Caroline Bingley
Georgiana Darcy
 




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