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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Miss Lucas teach the ladies at her home?

2. Where does Darcy notice a great deal of excitement?

3. What is Darcy's first name?

4. How did Miss Bennet travel to Netherfield?

5. When Bingley dances with the most handsome girl in the room, what disgusts Darcy?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Miss Bingley do to irritate her brother in Chapter 5?

2. At Squire Justin's house, when Darcy tells Miss Bingley that she is universally admired what does she insinuate with her response?

3. What are the ladies occupied with when Darcy and Bingley arrive at Lucas Lodge?

4. How does Darcy respond when Bingley tries to get him to dance in Chapter 1?

5. What upsets Darcy when he sees Bingley dancing with the most handsome girl at the party?

6. How did Darcy and Bingley come to be friends?

7. What embarrasses Darcy at the end of Chapter 4?

8. How does Bingley's company react when he praises Miss Bennet in Chapter 2?

9. What work of literature is "An Assembly Such as This" based on? How does "An Assembly Such as This" differ from the original story?

10. What does Darcy feel confident about at the beginning of Chapter 2?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the motif of marriage in the novel "An Assembly Such As This". Why is marriage so important to the characters of the novel? How is marriage portrayed in the novel? How does Darcy view marriage? Whose marriage does he try to put a stop to and why?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the relationship between Darcy and Elizabeth. How does it change throughout the novel? How do Darcy's feelings for Elizabeth evolve as the novel progresses? What does Darcy like about Elizabeth? What does he realize about their relationship in the end?

Essay Topic 3

Analyze the dialogue in the novel "An Assembly Such As This". How would you describe the dialogue? How does it reflect the setting of the novel? Is it similar to the Austen novel that it seeks to emulate in terms of dialogue?

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