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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 is so strange about Lady Catherine's surprise visit to Elizabeth?

2. What does Mr. Darcy give Elizabeth the morning after her horrible headache?

3. Who visits Elizabeth often at her new home with Mr. Darcy?

4. What does Elizabeth say is her main folly after reading her letter from Darcy?

5. Who found Lydia and Wickham after they had run away from Brighton?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Lady Catherine come to Longbourn to speak with Elizabeth?

2. Why does Mrs. Bennet continually try to get Mr. Bingley and Jane alone whenever Mr. Bingley comes to call on Jane?

3. Why does Elizabeth think Mr. Darcy was so quiet when he first came with Mr. Bingley to visit Longbourn after Lydia's marriage?

4. Where does Lydia want her father to take the whole family to spend the summer?

5. Who is the only person Elizabeth tells about her proposal from Mr. Darcy?

6. What does Lydia do the entire time she is staying at Longbourn after her hasty marriage?

7. What is the only reason Elizabeth agrees to tour Pemberley while she is in Derbyshire with the Gardiners?

8. What does Elizabeth look forward to after Lydia leaves to Brighton?

9. What is the only thing Elizabeth can think about in her last few days in Hunsford?

10. What does Charlotte attribute all of Mr. Darcy's visits to Elizabeth to?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Lady Catherine DeBourgh and Mrs. Bennet are very similar in nature although very different in many other areas. What are some of these intrinsic differences and similarities, and what message(s) was Austen was trying to send with these two characters?

Essay Topic 2

This book takes place in a few different settings. Describe some of these settings and how they affected the course of the plot. Why might Jane Austen have chosen these particular places for this plot to take place?

Essay Topic 3

Jane endures many different trials before the end of the book. What are some of these trials and what lessons does Jane learn through these experiences?

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