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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. Who does Elinor see Willoughby with?
(a) His elderly mother
(b) A fashionable looking young woman
(c) A princess
(d) Lucy Steele

2. Which family does Austen immediately introduce in this chapter?
(a) The Ferrars family
(b) The Steele family
(c) The Dashwood family
(d) The Partridge family

3. Which of the sisters stays behind from visiting Lady Middleton?
(a) Margaret
(b) Marianne
(c) Elinor
(d) Anne

4. What baffles Marianne?
(a) Edward's hat
(b) Edward's poetry
(c) Elinor and Edward's logical conversation
(d) Edward's bad mood

5. Why is Marianne not happy Edward is marrying Elinor?
(a) He does not have any money
(b) He does not have a job
(c) He does not love her
(d) He is not dashing enough

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Marianne do at the party?

2. What kind of woman does Marianne and Willoughby think Brandon attracts?

3. What does Colonel Brando receive before the trip to Whitwell?

4. Why does Elinor persuade her sister to stay in London?

5. Why does Mrs. Dashwood not want her daughters to mingle?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Elinor display her logic and rationality in this chapter?

2. Do you think John and Fanny have illegitimate reasons for not giving money to the Dashwood's?

3. In what ways does Austen present Margaret as immature and a thorn in the flesh of the more practical Elinor?

4. How do the group's discussion of what they will do with a fortune express their individual characters?

5. Do you think John is a naturally selfish person, or has Fanny turned him against his family?

6. Why do you think Edward never approaches the subject of why he is so upset?

7. Why is the fact the sisters are going to London so important?

8. How does Edward's arrival produce new hope for the Dashwood's?

9. Do you think Mrs. Dashwood's love of her daughter holds them back?

10. Is it important that Mr. and Mrs. Palmer are opposites?

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