Mastermind Club

Quiz 2020

No15

Jane Austen and Her Works

Answers

Set by Mel Kinsey

1/ What is Mr. Darcy's annual income?   

£10,000  per year

2/ Who is he oldest woman in a Jane Austen novel, to find a husband?

Miss Taylor in Emma

3/  What character owns the estate Combe Magna? 

John Willoughby

4/  In the novel Emma, what is the name of  Mr. Woodhouse's apothecary?

Mr.Perry

5/  How old is Catherne Morland at the begining of Noerthanger Abbey? 

Seventeen

6/  In Pride and Predjudice which is the tallest Bennet daughter?  

Lydia

7/  How many novels did Jane Austen publish during her lifetime? 

Four

8/  In the novel Emma what is Mr.Woodhouse's other daughters name?  

Isabella

9/  Besides London what is the primary setting of  Sense and Sensibility? 

  Devon

10/ In Pride and Predjudice how many reasons does Mr.Collins have for wanting to marry, when he makes his first proposal?  

   Three

11/ What family own the Abbey, that gives the novel  Northanger Abbey its title?  Tilney

12/ From which Jane Austen novel does this quotation come from:

"A ladies imagination is very rapid, it jumps from admiration to love, in a moment"

Pride and Predjudice

13/ In the novel Emma what is Mrs.Elton's maiden name/? 

  Hawkins

14/  In the novel Persuasion, what are the names of the Musgove sisters?

Louisa and Henrietta

15/ In Pride and Predjudice what was the name of Georgina's former governess, who conspired with Mr. Whickham?  

Mrs.Younge

16/ In the novel Mansfield Park what Shakespeare play does Henry Crawford read out loud  to Fanny?  

Henry VIII

17/ What pen name did Jane Austen use?    

A Lady

18/  In the novel Sense and Sensibility  for how long are Lucy and Edward secretly engaged, before Elenor learns of their engagement? 

Four Years

19/  Which Jane Austen character says the following quotation, "If I loved you less, I might be able to talk about it more"?  

Mr. Knightley

20/ In the novel Pride and Predjudice where is the first Ball held? 

Meryton Assembly

21/ In the novel Emma what is the age difference between Mr.Knightley and Emma?

Sixteen

22/  In the novel Mansfield Park  how many siblings does Fanny have?

 Ten

23/  How does Captain Wentworth sign his letter to Ann in the novel Persuasion?

F.W.

24/ Which two Jane Austin novels were published after her death?

Northanger Abbey and Persusion