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"Northanger Abbey" Challenge Trivia Quiz

This is a challenging quiz for fans of the Jane Austen novel "Northanger Abbey". I hope you enjoy it!

A multiple-choice quiz by alirho17. Estimated time: 5 mins.

Author
alirho17

Time
5 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
249,389

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
15

Difficulty
Tough

Avg Score
9 / 15

Plays
653

Awards
Top 35% Quiz

One at a Time - Single Page - Timed Game

Question 1 of 15

1. How many siblings does Catherine Morland have? Hint

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Question 2 of 15

2. What relation to Catherine are Mr. and Mrs. Allen? Hint

Her father's cousins

Her uncle and aunt

Neighbours that are no relation

Her grandparents

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Question 3 of 15

3. Where is the Morland's home? Hint

Dorset

Somerset

Wiltshire

Gloucester

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Question 4 of 15

4. Where did Catherine Morland meet Henry Tilney? Hint

at a private ball

Upper Rooms

Lower Rooms

Pump Rooms

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Question 5 of 15

5. Who introduced Catherine Morland to Henry Tilney? Hint

Mr. King

Mrs. Allen

Mr. Allen

Mrs. Thorpe

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Question 6 of 15

6. What were the first names of Isabella Thorpe's two sisters? Hint

Their first names are never mentioned

Maria and Elizabeth

Anne and Maria

Elizabeth and Anne

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Question 7 of 15

7. What word is used to describe John Thorpe? Hint

dill

rake

rattle

skittle

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Question 8 of 15

8. Where did the Thorpes have lodgings in Bath? Hint

Edgar's Building

Pultney Street

Westgate Building

Eastgate Building

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Question 9 of 15

9. What was the name of the lady who often chaperoned Eleanor? Hint

Mrs. Drummond

Mrs. Andrews

Mrs. Jenkinson

Mrs. Hughes

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Question 10 of 15

10. Where did James Morland and John Thorpe meet? Hint

Oxford

Weymouth

Cambridge

London

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Question 11 of 15

11. What is the name of the village where Henry has his living? Hint

Woodston

Petty France

Thornton Lacy

Compton

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Question 12 of 15

12. What is Captain Tilney's first name? Hint

Charles

Frederick

William

George

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Question 13 of 15

13. Why is Isabella so disappointed when James returns with his parents' consent? Hint

She wasn't disappointed at all

She doen't want to have to wait until James comes of age

She thinks the Morelands are being stingy

She thought he would bring his parents with him

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Question 14 of 15

14. Why was Catherine suddenly so out of favour with General Tilney? Hint

He found out she had suspected him of murdering his wife

He suspected her of "setting her cap" at Captain Tilney

He found her education lacking

John Thorpe told him she was a poor gold digger

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Question 15 of 15

15. When Catherine and Henry married, what was their age difference? Hint

10 years

4 years

6 years

8 years

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. How many siblings does Catherine Morland have?

Answer: 9

There are ten children in the family. She has three older brothers and six younger siblings. Her oldest brother is James, and George and Harriet are the youngest two.

2. What relation to Catherine are Mr. and Mrs. Allen?

Answer: Neighbours that are no relation

Mr. and Mrs. Allen own the chief of the property around Fullerton, but they are not related to the Morlands. They have no children of their own, but they like the Morlands and the offer to take Catherine to Bath with them.

3. Where is the Morland's home?

Answer: Wiltshire

They live in Fullerton, a village in Wiltshire. Mrs. Allen mentions they are eight or nine miles from Salisbury.

4. Where did Catherine Morland meet Henry Tilney?

Answer: Lower Rooms

They met at a dance in the Lower Rooms.

5. Who introduced Catherine Morland to Henry Tilney?

Answer: Mr. King

Mr. King was a real Master of Ceremonies in Bath. The Master of Ceremonies was an acceptable way to be introduced to someone, and since the Allens didn't have many acquaintences in Bath it was a way for them to meet new people at the public balls.

6. What were the first names of Isabella Thorpe's two sisters?

Answer: Anne and Maria

Miss Anne Thorpe told Catherine that John had driven Maria on the outing that Catherine wouldn't participate in.

7. What word is used to describe John Thorpe?

Answer: rattle

He does rattle on a bit...

8. Where did the Thorpes have lodgings in Bath?

Answer: Edgar's Building

Westgate Buildings are where Mrs. Smith in "Persuasion" had lodgings.

9. What was the name of the lady who often chaperoned Eleanor?

Answer: Mrs. Hughes

Mrs. Hughes is with Eleanor at the dance. She is not really mentioned much, except that she had known Eleanor's mother and gave a small history of Mrs. Tilney to Mrs. Allen. Drummond was Mrs. Tilney's maiden name.

10. Where did James Morland and John Thorpe meet?

Answer: Oxford

They met while at Oxford University.

11. What is the name of the village where Henry has his living?

Answer: Woodston

Petty France is where they stop on the way from Bath. Compton is an estate mentioned in "Mansfield Park" and Thornton Lacy is Edmund's living in "Mansfield Park."

12. What is Captain Tilney's first name?

Answer: Frederick

He is responsable for breaking up Isabella and James. (I wonder if Henry didn't ask him to? :-))

13. Why is Isabella so disappointed when James returns with his parents' consent?

Answer: She thinks the Morelands are being stingy

She SAYS it's the wait that makes her disappointed, but she really thinks that the Morlands are very rich and the parents are not being generous with James' settlement.

14. Why was Catherine suddenly so out of favour with General Tilney?

Answer: John Thorpe told him she was a poor gold digger

John Thorpe had told him in Bath that she was far richer than she actually was, and that she was heir to the Allen's estate since they had no children (and obviously favoured her, they brought her to Bath). With this information General Tilney decided that Catherine was an ideal match for his son.

Then when Catherine rejects John Thorpe, he exaggerates to the other extreme. He happened to meet the General in London and told him that the Morlands were very poor and very numerous, and the Allen's estate was entailed elsewhere (It wasn't), so the General rushed back to seperate the gold digger from his son.

15. When Catherine and Henry married, what was their age difference?

Answer: 8 years

Catherine was 18 and Henry was 26.

Source: Author alirho17

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