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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Marianne have to spend a day with Mrs. Palmer and Mrs.Jennings?
(a) She does not know the area well enough
(b) She is trying to get on Mrs. Jennings' good side.
(c) Because it is raining
(d) Elinor tells her it would be rude not to

2. Who does Elinor receive a letter from?
(a) Willoughby
(b) Anne
(c) Lucy
(d) Edward

3. Why does John think Colonel Brandon lacks sense?
(a) He won't marry
(b) He loves Marianne
(c) He sold Edward the parsonage too cheaply
(d) He has no money, but still refuses to work

4. What does Marianne's illness deepen into?
(a) Influenza
(b) Consumption
(c) Hooping cough
(d) Plague

5. Who arrives to see Marianne?
(a) Colonel Brandon
(b) Sir John Middleton
(c) Willoughby
(d) Mrs Jennings

6. Why does Robert regret his brother is becoming a rector?
(a) It makes Edward a more attractive prospect
(b) He will not be able to see him as much
(c) He has shut himself out from normal society
(d) Robert is an atheist

7. In what way does Elinor think Willoughby feels regret at not marrying Marianne?
(a) It has not made him feel happy
(b) He feels sorry that he has hurt Marianne
(c) He does not love Miss Grey
(d) He just want to feel sorry for himself

8. Why does Marianne not want to go to Cleveland?
(a) She is feeling ill
(b) It is near to Willoughby's family home
(c) It takes a week to travel there
(d) It is even further away from Barton cottage

9. Who is the letter to Marianne from?
(a) Willoughby
(b) Edward
(c) Her mother
(d) John Dashwood

10. Why does Willoughby say he had to get married to Miss Grey?
(a) For money
(b) Her father threatened to kill him if he did not
(c) She was pregnant
(d) It is his family tradition

11. What does Elinor learn from Anne Steele?
(a) Edward has broken off his engagement with Lucy
(b) Lucy knows Elinor is in love with Edward
(c) She is engaged to Colonel Brandon
(d) Lucy has take ill

12. Who does Mrs. Dashwood say is in London?
(a) John and Fanny Dashwood
(b) The Palmers
(c) Edward
(d) The Steele sisters

13. Why is Fanny happy that Edward has found a job at the parsonage?
(a) She can visit him.
(b) She won't have to support him.
(c) He is finally doing something with his life
(d) He has wanted to get a job all his life.

14. What does John Dashwood say he has bought?
(a) A church
(b) A village
(c) A farm
(d) A factory

15. What did Colonel Brandon tell Mrs Dashwood on her way to Cleveland?
(a) That he intended to marry Marianne
(b) That he intended to marry Elinor
(c) His secret about Miss Williams
(d) His life story

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Marianne reproach her sister for being?

2. How does Marianne keep her mind off Willoughby?

3. Why does Elinor think she can feel sympathy for Willoughby?

4. Who are the next people to arrive in London?

5. What does Elinor tell Marianne?

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