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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 Darcy notice about Bingley's sisters at the assembly hall?

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

3. What happens to Darcy when Elizabeth arrives at the party in Chapter 3?

4. What does Mrs. Bennet say Jane's former suitor did for her daughter?

5. Where is Bingley engaged to dine on Monday?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Darcy know about Bingley, which prevents him from worrying about his friend forming an attachment to Jane Bennet?

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

3. What does Bingley thank Darcy for in Chapter 2?

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

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

6. What does Georgiana tell Darcy in her letter in Chapter 1?

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Discuss the author of the novel, Pamela Aidan. Is she a respected novelist? What has she achieved throughout her career? What types of novels does she write? Are there similarities between "An Assembly Such As This" and her other novels?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss Aidan's use of foreshadowing in the novel "An Assembly Such As This". What aspects of the plot does she use foreshadowing to hint at? What does the reader learn of Darcy's feelings for Elizabeth before he does through foreshadowing? What does Darcy's distaste for Elizabeth's family foreshadow?

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