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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who do the Dashwoods visit at the beginning of the chapter?
(a) Edward
(b) John and Fanny Dashwood
(c) Lady Middleton
(d) Willoughby

2. When does Mrs. Dashwood want to make changes to the cottage?
(a) When the weather improves
(b) When they have settled in.
(c) When her daughter's marry
(d) Immediately

3. What does Marianne do at the party?
(a) Sing
(b) Play the piano
(c) Mime
(d) Paint

4. Why is Marianne not happy Edward is marrying Elinor?
(a) He does not love her
(b) He does not have any money
(c) He does not have a job
(d) He is not dashing enough

5. Where do the Dashwoods visit in this chapter?
(a) Norland Estate
(b) Cleveland
(c) Barton Park
(d) The Middleton's house

Short Answer Questions

1. Who saves Marianne from her twisted ankle?

2. What does Elinor ask Mrs Jennings to stop doing?

3. Why does Mrs. Jennings say Sir John will be disappointed?

4. Who does Elinor see Willoughby with?

5. What does Lucy want Edward to do for a living?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why do you think that at this point in the story, Austen has given the reader a lot more information about Colonel Brandon than about Willoughby?

2. Why is the fact the sisters are going to London so important?

3. How is Willoughby's letter symbolize his manipulative nature?

4. Why do you think Elinor tries to act normally with Edward even though she is upset with his strange behavior?

5. Does Elinor strike up a friendship with Lucy because she likes her?

6. Why, if Elinor is so independent thinking and the one person in the family with sense, does she write to her mother for advice?

7. How do the group's discussion of what they will do with a fortune express their individual characters?

8. Why do you think Austen presents Sir John and his wife as nice people, but overall overbred simpletons?

9. What comparisons does Austen draw from the Dashwood's situation at Norland with John and their new situation in Barton with Sir John?

10. Outline what you think are Elinor's main characteristics.

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