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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which two character does Mrs. Jennings try to match up?
(a) Colonel Brandon and Lady Middleton
(b) Marianne and Colonel Brandon
(c) Elinor and Colonel Brandon
(d) Marianne and Sir John

2. Which of the following words does Austen use to describe Sir John?
(a) A charlatan
(b) A rogue
(c) A sportsman
(d) A libertine

3. What does Elinor ask Mrs Jennings to stop doing?
(a) Spreading rumors
(b) Talking to her sister about WIlloughby
(c) Nagging her to tidy up
(d) Sending Willoughby letters

4. What baffles Marianne?
(a) Edward's poetry
(b) Edward's bad mood
(c) Edward's hat
(d) Elinor and Edward's logical conversation

5. Whose lock of hair does Edward claim it is?
(a) His own
(b) Lucy's
(c) Fanny's
(d) His brother's

6. Who does Lucy say she has been secretly engaged to for a year?
(a) Edward
(b) Colonel Brandon
(c) Robert Ferrars
(d) Willoughby

7. Who is the first person to visit the sisters in London?
(a) Willoughby
(b) Edward
(c) Colonel Brandon
(d) Lucy Steele

8. Who do the Dashwoods encounter on a walk in the countryside?
(a) John Willoughby
(b) Edward Ferrars
(c) No one
(d) John Dashwood

9. What does Elinor ask Marianne proof of?
(a) Her engagement to Willoughby
(b) That she owes Willoughby money
(c) Her birth
(d) Her love for Willoughby

10. What does Elinor worry Edward's mother and sister will force him to do?
(a) Socialize
(b) Give them a yearly allowance
(c) Marry a woman of higher standing
(d) Find a job

11. Which of the daughters is described as having "strength and understanding"?
(a) Marianne
(b) Margeret
(c) Lucy
(d) Elinor

12. Whom does Elinor send a letter to when she arrives in London?
(a) Willoughby
(b) Margeret
(c) Her mother
(d) Edward

13. Which one of the sisters does Edward Ferrars devote his time to?
(a) Marianne
(b) Elinor
(c) Margeret
(d) Lucy

14. What information is Marianne unwilling to share with her mother?
(a) Her trip to Sir John's house
(b) Her engagement to Willoughby
(c) Her love for Willoughby
(d) Her conversation with Elinor

15. Why is Marianne upset when the Dashwoods arrive back home?
(a) Willoughby has broken off their engagement
(b) Willoughby is leaving
(c) She has broken her foot
(d) She has broken Mrs. Dashwood's best china

Short Answer Questions

1. Who saves Marianne from her twisted ankle?

2. Which nearby manor do the character's intend to visit the next day?

3. Why does Mrs. Jennings worry about the Colonel?

4. When does Mrs. Dashwood want to make changes to the cottage?

5. Why is Lucy concerned about her engagement to Edward?

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