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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. To what does Darcy compare Elizabeth's eyes?

2. What does Miss Bingley express a disdain for in Chapter 1?

3. What does Darcy know about Bingley's personality, which is shared in Chapter 3?

4. What does Darcy tell Miss Bingley he is meditating on in Chapter 5?

5. What does Darcy realize his destiny seems to be in Chapter 4?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Darcy realize by Elizabeth's behavior toward him in Chapter 3?

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

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

4. What does Bingley inform Darcy of after the shooting party? What does Darcy realize when he is told this?

5. How does Miss Lucas attempt to dispel the animosity between Darcy and Elizabeth in Chapter 5?

6. What has Netherfield in an uproar when Darcy and Bingley return in Chapter 6?

7. What does Darcy note about Elizabeth as he watches her at the party in Chapter 3?

8. What do Miss Bingley and the Hursts mock Elizabeth for after dinner in Chapter 6?

9. How does Miss Bingley mock the Bennet sisters in Chapter 2?

10. What does Darcy do during the shooting party?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the motif of family in the novel "An Assembly Such As This". Is family important to Darcy? What is his relationship like with his younger sister Georgiana? What does he think of Elizabeth's family? Might they cause problems for Darcy and Elizabeth?

Essay Topic 2

Who is the antagonist of the story and what makes this character the antagonist? What are his defining character traits? What has he done to Darcy to deserve the role of antagonist?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the relationship between Bingley and Jane. How do they feel about one another when they first meet? How do their feelings progress as the novel progresses? What conflicts and obstacles do they face? Are they able to overcome these obstacles? How does Bingley treat Jane?

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