Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. Remember, all words can be found in either the word PRIDE or PRETENTIOUSNESS. The new words are found in one OR the other of these two words, and are NOT made by combining both words together. Clues to the word you are looking for will be in CAPITAL LETTERS.
Our first word is a poetic word meaning BEFORE, and is used by Mr Collins when he says he hopes to lead Elizabeth "to the alter ___ long"
2. This next word is the TYPE OF COLOR of a man's coat that the younger Miss Bennets like to see.
3. The book "Northanger Abbey" is STRANGE, FRIGHTENING or FEAR INSPIRING in it's theme.
4. Mr Elton is a MEMBER OF THE CLERGY in Jane Austen's book "Emma".
5. Emma's father, Mr Woodhouse, suffered from ANXIETIES, IRRATIONAL FEARS or MENTAL DISORDERS.
6. When Elizabeth refused Mr Darcy's proposal, she saw that "his complexion became pale with ANGER".
7. A less catchy title for one of Jane Austen's novels could be "A GOOD ABILITY TO UNDERSTAND and Sensibility"!
8. In Austen times people used this word to describe when a woman 'came of age', and was allowed to go into public society. It is also an ANTONYM FOR 'IN'.
9. In "Persuasion" Sir Walter Elliot liked to read the book 'The Baronetage', because he liked to read about himself and his OFFSPRING.
10. Lady Bertrum and Mrs Norris are SIBLINGS in "Mansfield Park".
11. Lady Catherine INQUIRED IMPERTINENTLY and NOSED into Elizabeth's affairs at the end of "Pride and Prejudice", when she demanded to know Elizabeth's business regarding Darcy.
12. In "Persuasion", the Harvilles lived "in a small house, near the foot of an old ____ of unknown date". What is this missing word that means JETTY or WHARF?
13. In "Emma", Miss Taylor was worried that Emma would suffer slightly from BOREDOM or LISTLESSNESS once she had left Emma's home to marry Mr Weston.
14. When Mr Darcy gave Elizabeth a letter, after she had refused his proposal, she was, at first, angry that he did not seem SORRY or REMORSEFUL.
15. In "Persuasion", Anne and Captain Wentworth finally meet up again. Anne is saddened because they both seem to have nothing to say to each other, despite the fact that once "there could have been no two hearts so open; no feelings so in UNISON".
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