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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. Where do the Dashwoods and Mrs. Jennings go?
(a) Play polo
(b) Play golf
(c) Horse riding
(d) On a shopping trip

2. Who does Mrs Jennings tell about Elinor's engagement?
(a) Willoughby
(b) Marianne
(c) Edward
(d) John Dashwood

3. Who do Elinor and Marianne have to spend time with?
(a) Margaret
(b) The Steele sisters and the Middleton's
(c) Colonel Brandon
(d) Their mother

4. Why is Mrs. Dashwood unhappy with herself?
(a) Because she married the wrong man
(b) Because she thinks she could of done more to help Elinor
(c) Because she thinks she could of gotten money out of John if she had tried harder
(d) Because she thinks she is to blame for Marianne's illness

5. What does Lucy Steele tell Elinor?
(a) Edward is in town
(b) She has fallen in love with John Dashwood
(c) She has broken off the engagement with Edward
(d) Colonel Brandon is in love with Elinor

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Brandon say is the main problem with the parsonage?

2. Why is Fanny happy that Edward has found a job at the parsonage?

3. Who does the Dashwood's servant say she saw in town?

4. What does Marianne's illness deepen into?

5. Why does John think Colonel Brandon lacks sense?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the importance of the Steele's appearance in the story?

2. Is Willoughby a better match for Marianne than the Colonel?

3. Has Elinor's sense always had a positive impact on the characters?

4. Is Elinor closer to Marianne in character than first thought?

5. Have the sisters changed during their time in London?

6. Is Brandon an honorable man?

7. Is is right that and true to the character of Elinor that she should forgive Edward so easily?

8. In what ways does Marianne's illness show the difference between the characters?

9. How does Austen present the character of John Dashwood?

10. Is Elinor and Edward's marriage a victory of true love over societal expectations?

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