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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. How much money does Edward earn per year?
(a) 3,000-4,000 pounds
(b) 1,800-2,000 pounds
(c) 10,000 pounds
(d) 1,000-2,000 pounds

2. What does Elinor ask Marianne proof of?
(a) Her love for Willoughby
(b) Her birth
(c) Her engagement to Willoughby
(d) That she owes Willoughby money

3. What does Marianne do at the party?
(a) Sing
(b) Mime
(c) Play the piano
(d) Paint

4. Who does Mrs. Jennings say Willoughby is now engaged to?
(a) Miss Grey
(b) Anne
(c) Lucy
(d) Fanny

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who saves Marianne from her twisted ankle?

2. What information is Marianne unwilling to share with her mother?

3. Which family does Austen immediately introduce in this chapter?

4. What does Willoughby offer Marianne as a present?

5. What topic of conversation do the Dashwoods draw Edward into?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do you think the importance of Willoughby is to the story at this point?

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

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

4. Is Elinor a better match for Edward than Lucy?

5. Is Mrs. Jennings merely a gossip, or does she genuinely care about people?

6. Why, if Elinor is so independent thinking and the one person in the family with sense, does she write to her mother for advice?

7. Why do you think Elinor tries to act normally with Edward even though she is upset with his strange behavior?

8. Why does Elinor dislike Willoughby so much?

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

10. Does Elinor strike up a friendship with Lucy because she likes her?

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