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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. Fanny Knight's visit makes Jane quite happy and she notices that Fanny is affected by what?
(a) The weather.
(b) The sight of the children.
(c) The long journey.
(d) An illness.

2. She reads William Cowper's __________________ and Boswell's "Life of Johnson".
(a) Yardley-Oak.
(b) Epitaph on a Hare.
(c) Olney Hymns.
(d) Sacred Harp.

3. Jane spends most of her time _________________ and anxiously awaiting Edward's arrival next Tuesday.
(a) Dancing.
(b) Sleeping.
(c) Practicing her music.
(d) Working or reading.

4. She is determined to raise money for what which is to be printed at her expense?
(a) The second printing of "Sense and Sensibility"
(b) The first printing of "Persuasion."
(c) The first printing of "Sense and Sensibility."
(d) The second printing of "Persuasion."

5. Jane writes James-Edward Austen to congratulate him on what?
(a) His daughter's birth.
(b) His acceptance into Cambridge.
(c) Graduation.
(d) His marriage.

Short Answer Questions

1. Jane writes James Stanier Clarke advising that a copy of "Emma" is to be sent to whom, care of James Stanier Clarke?

2. Jane demands that the father in her most recent story be what?

3. Henry is promoted and does not feel the loss of who so badly because he is used to being away from her?

4. Jane writes Charles that she is ill and what has made her worse?

5. Henry takes Jane to see _______________, and Jane is pleased at a small portrait of "Mrs. Bingley", like "Portrait of a Lady" by J. F. M. Huet-Villiers.

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Jane say about Mr. Crabbe?

2. What does Jane say about Mr. Haden's paraphrasing of "Merchant of Venice?"

3. What are two books Jane reads at this time?

4. What does Jane tell Caroline in a letter?

5. Why does Jane praise Mrs. West?

6. What correspondence takes place between Jane and James Stanier Clarke?

7. What does Jane say about Charles? Why might she say this?

8. What does Jane have to say about David Garrick's play?

9. What does Jane do at the end of this section? Why?

10. What does Jane say about her journey?

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