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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Letters 111-120 dated November 24th, 1814 to September 29th, 1815.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. A rumor circulates that Charles is bringing who home?
(a) The 'Cleopatra.'
(b) The 'Goddess.'
(c) The 'Queen.'
(d) The 'Witch.'

2. Jane is tired of writing and does not intend to write for how long?
(a) Many months.
(b) Many hours.
(c) Many weeks.
(d) Many days.

3. Why is Jane anxious to go home?
(a) There has been a lot of company at Mrs. Knight's house.
(b) She is bored.
(c) She misses Cassandra.
(d) She is not feeling well.

4. Jane jokingly wishes Edward a "happy thirtieth birthday", although it is actually his ____________ birthday.
(a) Twenty-eighth.
(b) Fiftieth.
(c) Twenty-first.
(d) Forty-first.

5. She reads William Cowper's __________________ and Boswell's "Life of Johnson".
(a) Sacred Harp.
(b) Yardley-Oak.
(c) Epitaph on a Hare.
(d) Olney Hymns.

Short Answer Questions

1. Jane plans to read Robert Southey's "Life of Nelson" for what reason?

2. Mr. Austen offers his ____________ to James Digweed but is refused.

3. Jane writes to her cousin, Miss Walter Seal, in American to offer her condolences on the loss of who?

4. Jane finds the parties stupid for what reason?

5. Why is Jane not impressed with "The Farmer's Wife?"

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