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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. Why is Jane anxious to go home?
(a) She is bored.
(b) She misses Cassandra.
(c) There has been a lot of company at Mrs. Knight's house.
(d) She is not feeling well.

2. Mrs. Austen finds her deceased husband's _________________ and wants Frank to accept them.
(a) Letters, bills, and gloves.
(b) Suspenders, comb, and toothbrush.
(c) Compass, sun-dial and scissors.
(d) Glasses, handkerchief, and shoe horn.

3. She describes her plans for what book for the first time?
(a) "Sense and Sensibility."
(b) "Pride and Prejudice."
(c) "Mansfield Park."
(d) "Northanger Abbey."

4. What happened to both Mrs. Coulthard and Anne?
(a) They both came for a visit.
(b) They both wrote books.
(c) They both died in childbirth.
(d) They both moved to America.

5. The house at Bath is finally cleared out and is quite _________.
(a) Strange.
(b) Dull.
(c) Beautiful.
(d) Lonely.

Short Answer Questions

1. Jane was alone with Mr. Holder at Ashe Park for ten minutes, which was very _______________.

2. Jane sees Isaac Bickerstaffe's play, "The Hypocrite", which is taken from Moliere's _____________.

3. Edward's name change is finalized, from Austen to Knight, that of his _____________ who adopted him and left him an inheritance.

4. Jane and Mrs. Austen are currently in a house in Seymour Street, but Jane went with her uncle to look at two pleasing houses where?

5. Jane was disappointed that Charles Fowle was not in attendance, but glad that her_____________, Tom Lefroy was there.

Short Essay Questions

1. What is a play that Jane sees in this section?

2. What does Jane say about the events taking place in her life?

3. What is offered to James? What will he do with some of this?

4. What does Jane say about Southampton?

5. Why does Jane offer her former admirers to Mary? How does this situation end differently than she had initially expected?

6. What are Mrs. Austen and Jane's plans regarding their living situation?

7. What is said regarding Mr. Austen's death?

8. What does Jane write regarding Edward?

9. What discomfort does Jane express to Cassandra?

10. Why do Edward and Frank leave, according to Jane? What does she wish for Cassandra?

(see the answer keys)

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