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Entrances and Exits Trivia Quiz

We can often tell whether we will enjoy a novel by its first lines. Last lines should be in keeping with what we have read and leave us satisfied. Jane Austen chooses first and last words so well. What do you remember about them in her books?

A multiple-choice quiz by jeremyB. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
jeremyB

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
121,806

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
7 / 10

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1466

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Question 1 of 10

1. In "Pride and Prejudice", what abstract noun is encountered in the opening sentence? Hint

Beauty

Richness

Truth

Cleverness

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Question 2 of 10

2. In "Emma", which adjective(s) is(are) applied to our heroine in the opening sentence? Hint

Handsome

Clever

Rich

All of these

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Question 3 of 10

3. At the beginning of "Persuasion", Sir Walter Elliot's favourite book is identified. From this first sentence we know Sir Walter. What is the book which captures his interest so readily? Hint

Debrett's Peerage

Tattersall's Guide to the Turf

Dr Johnson's Dictionary

The Baronetage

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Question 4 of 10

4. In the opening sentence of "Mansfield Park", Miss Maria Ward is said to "------- Sir Thomas Bertram". Hint

capture

captivate

ensnare

intrigue

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Question 5 of 10

5. In "Sense and Sensibility", the opening sentence reveals that the Dashwood family had long been settled where? Hint

Surrey

Sussex

Somersetshire

Hertfordshire

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Question 6 of 10

6. At the close of "Sense and Sensibility", Elinor and Marianne are residents where? Hint

Delaford Parsonage and Delaford Mansion-house

Brandon and Barton

Norland and Delaford

Brandon and Norland

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Question 7 of 10

7. In the closing sentence of "Mansfield Park", Fanny and Edmund move to Mansfield Parsonage. Fanny finds it what? Hint

thoroughly perfect in her eyes

both of these

dear to her heart

neither of these

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Question 8 of 10

8. In the closing sentence of "Persuasion", which phrases describe the navy and its personnel? Hint

"national importance and ready reactions"

"domestic virtues and national importance"

"ready reactions and warmth of heart"

"national glory and domestic virtues"

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Question 9 of 10

9. In the closing sentence of "Emma", who thought Emma's wedding extremely shabby? Hint

Isabella Knightley

Selina Suckling

Augusta Elton

Harriet Martin

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Question 10 of 10

10. In "Pride and Prejudice" the last words are... Hint

"at Pemberley"

"society so little pleasing to either"

"comfort and elegance of their family party"

"the means of uniting them"

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. In "Pride and Prejudice", what abstract noun is encountered in the opening sentence?

Answer: Truth

"It is a truth universally acknowledged". We are dealing with truth in this novel. Truth is not always what our heroine Lizzy expects!

2. In "Emma", which adjective(s) is(are) applied to our heroine in the opening sentence?

Answer: All of these

"Emma Woodhouse, handsome, clever and rich". Should we be envious... the book will tell us. The opening sentence is true but not the whole truth, for Emma has not yet achieved self-knowledge. The path to self knowledge has already been trodden by Elizabeth in "Pride and Prejudice".

3. At the beginning of "Persuasion", Sir Walter Elliot's favourite book is identified. From this first sentence we know Sir Walter. What is the book which captures his interest so readily?

Answer: The Baronetage

"Sir Walter Elliot, of Kellynch Hall in Somersetshire, was a man who, for his own amusement, never took up any book but the Baronetage." His life is his title, his personal vanity and his eldest daughter, who is made in his likeness. Anne Elliot was "only Anne". Anne does not regret that she was persuaded to break her engagement to Captain Wentworth before the action of the novel takes place. We regret it for her, but she is allowed a second chance...

4. In the opening sentence of "Mansfield Park", Miss Maria Ward is said to "------- Sir Thomas Bertram".

Answer: captivate

Lady Bertram's life is one of indolence. Her captivation of Sir Thomas must surely have been a passive act. Her indolence nevertheless causes much of the action in this rather low-key novel. Fanny Price is rather a lacklustre heroine, perhaps because she always behaves so well! No self-discovery is needed here.

5. In "Sense and Sensibility", the opening sentence reveals that the Dashwood family had long been settled where?

Answer: Sussex

This novel is about property and propriety. Every action is governed or at least moderated by ownership or correct behaviour, except for Marianne's. Marianne is that dangerous beast, the Romantic. No wonder then that she shied away from Colonel Brandon's flannel waistcoat.

6. At the close of "Sense and Sensibility", Elinor and Marianne are residents where?

Answer: Delaford Parsonage and Delaford Mansion-house

Barton is "Barton Cottage" where Elinor and Edward lived, before Delaford Parsonage was ready for them. Delaford is Colonel Brandon's estate where he and Marianne live in their flannel waistcoats. Norland is the home of Elinor and Marianne's brother, John Dashwood and his family.

7. In the closing sentence of "Mansfield Park", Fanny and Edmund move to Mansfield Parsonage. Fanny finds it what?

Answer: both of these

"On that event they removed to Mansfield; and the Parsonage
there, which, under each of its two former owners, Fanny had
never been able to approach but with some painful sensation
of restraint or alarm, soon grew as dear to her heart,
and as thoroughly perfect in her eyes, as everything else
within the view and patronage of Mansfield Park had long been."

8. In the closing sentence of "Persuasion", which phrases describe the navy and its personnel?

Answer: "domestic virtues and national importance"

"She gloried in being a sailor's wife, but she must pay the tax of quick alarm for belonging to that profession which is, if possible, more distinguished in its domestic virtues than in its national importance."

9. In the closing sentence of "Emma", who thought Emma's wedding extremely shabby?

Answer: Augusta Elton

She was not invited. She only hears of the wedding through her husband, who performed the ceremony. There was "very little white satin" and "very few lace veils".

10. In "Pride and Prejudice" the last words are...

Answer: "the means of uniting them"

"With the Gardiners, they were always on the most intimate terms. Darcy, as well as Elizabeth, really loved them; and they were both ever sensible of the warmest gratitude towards the persons who, by bringing her into Derbyshire, had been the means of uniting them."
In case the other possibilities sound familiar, I will admit that the penultimate chapter ends "and she looked forward with delight to the time when they should be removed from society so little pleasing to either, to all the comfort and elegance of their family party at Pemberley."

Source: Author jeremyB

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