View a FREE sample

This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What role does Fanny play in Lady Bertram's life?
(a) Cook.
(b) Servant.
(c) Lady's maid.
(d) Companion.

2. Whom does Mary think is the best actor in the play?
(a) Mr. Rushworth.
(b) Henry.
(c) Mary.
(d) Maria.

3. How does Fanny describe Mary during a conversation with Edmund early in the novel?
(a) Beautiful beyond compare.
(b) Plain.
(c) Extremely pretty.
(d) Ugly.

4. Whom does Mary believe will make a good match for her in Chapter 5?
(a) Tom Bertram.
(b) Mr. Rushworth.
(c) Charles Anderson.
(d) Edmund Bertram.

5. Where does Sir Thomas tell Fanny she is going to live after Mr. Norris dies?
(a) At the Parsonage.
(b) With Mrs. Norris.
(c) With her family in Portsmouth.
(d) With cousins in London.

6. What does Tom want to do to create a better play?
(a) Have his mother help with the costumes.
(b) Get an acting coach.
(c) Build a theater.
(d) Practice his lines with Fanny.

7. What passion of Tom's takes him away from Mansfield Park in Chapter 5?
(a) Fine art.
(b) Buying used books.
(c) Agriculture at their country estate.
(d) Horseracing.

8. What does Lady Bertram send to her sister before she has her ninth child?
(a) Roses.
(b) Money and baby linens.
(c) Furniture.
(d) Letter of recommendation for a nurse.

9. What does Tom Bertram do that Sir Thomas has to pay for at the beginning of the novel?
(a) Loses his horse.
(b) Forgets to pay his debt to his tailor.
(c) Loses all his schoolbooks.
(d) Racks up gambling debts.

10. Why does Mary go to Fanny's room in Chapter 18?
(a) To give her a message from Edmund.
(b) To bring her more work from Mrs. Norris.
(c) To deliver tea and scones.
(d) To rehearse her lines with her.

11. How much income does Mr. Crawford have?
(a) Four thousand dollars a year.
(b) One thousand dollars a year.
(c) Six hundred dollars a year.
(d) Twelve thousand dollars a year.

12. Why does Edmund come to Fanny's room in Chapter 16?
(a) To let her know that dinner is ready.
(b) To ask her opinion.
(c) To bring her downstairs for a scolding.
(d) To give her a letter.

13. What does Mrs. Grant say she is not pleased to see regarding the acting roles in the play?
(a) That Julia is excluded from having a role.
(b) She loathes her costume.
(c) Henry is making a spectacle of himself.
(d) The scenery is badly painted.

14. How many children do Sir Thomas and Lady Bertram have?
(a) One.
(b) Four.
(c) Three.
(d) Two.

15. What instrument does Mary play?
(a) Flute.
(b) Trombone.
(c) Harp.
(d) Cello.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Maria dislike during the ride to Sotherton?

2. What is France Ward's husband's occupation when they marry?

3. Who agrees to take the role of the Cottager's Wife in "Lover's Vows" at the beginning of Chapter 17?

4. Whom does Tom want to play the role of Cottager's Wife?

5. Why is Fanny on the sofa when the others come back from dinner at the Parsonage?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 489 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample