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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 Catherine not concerned by the fashionable young woman on Mr. Tilney's arm?
(a) Catherine guesses the woman is his sister.
(b) Catherine believes the woman is too old to be Tilney's partner.
(c) Catherine has been told Mr. Tilney is not married.
(d) Catherine thinks the woman is quite unattractive.

2. Roughly how old is Mr. Tilney?
(a) Twenty-six to twenty-seven years old.
(b) Twenty-four to twenty-five years old.
(c) Twenty to twenty-one years old.
(d) Twenty-two to twenty-three years old.

3. What is Mrs. Allen's passion?
(a) Match-making.
(b) Fashion.
(c) Equestrianism.
(d) Archery.

4. What does Henry do when he spots Catherine at the theatre?
(a) Bows.
(b) Smiles.
(c) Waves.
(d) Nods.

5. What town is to be the final destination of the Thorpes' and Morlands' trip?
(a) Oxford.
(b) London.
(c) Fullerton.
(d) Bristol.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Isabella write a list of for Catherine?

2. Who does John Thorpe claim of Henry and Eleanor Tilney?

3. Who does Henry say is to blame for denying Catherine's visit at the Tilney home?

4. After breakfast, what does Catherine resolve to do until one o'clock?

5. What is the name of the village in which Catherine lives with her family?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the result of Catherine's conversation with Eleanor in the pump-room?

2. How is the character of Mrs. Allen described in Chapter 9?

3. Describe Catherine's family.

4. Why is Catherine invited to Bath with the Allens?

5. What does the narrator tell the reader about Catherine's character at the start of Chapter 2?

6. What comment does Austen make about fashion?

7. Describe Mrs. Thorpe's daughters.

8. What is strange about Isabella's behavior with the two men that show interest in the girls at the end of Chapter 6?

9. Why does Catherine leave the dance early?

10. What misunderstanding does John apparently have of the Morland family?

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