Literary Devices
Pride & Prejudice
History Pertaining to Pride and Prejudice
More from Pride and Prejudice
100

"I placed my hand on the heart and held it there many minutes. There was no pulsation." is an example of

What is alliteration

100

The eldest Bennet daughter who is quite amiable

Who is Jane

100

How many times was Jane Austen married?

Zero, she never married.

100

What was the original name of Pride and Prejudice before publication?

What is First Impressions

200

This genre of writing criticizes the social pressures of marriage & the importance placed on wealth and status

What is social satire / the social novel

200

Mr. Collins' benefactor

What is Lady Catherine

200

The Regency era specifically refers to

What is the time when George III couldn't reign due to mental disease and his son was named regency prince

200

How does Mrs. Bennet respond to Darcy coming around Longbourne after the Lydia fiasco? 

She's unwelcoming and rude to him

300

Mary, Kitty, and Lydia act as ______ for Jane and Lizzie

What are foils

300

Mr. Darcy's estate

What is Pemberley

300

Jane Austen's father's occupation

What is a clergyman

300

Who does Caroline Bingley want her brother to marry?

Who is Georgiana Darcy?

400

Darcy tells Lizzie, "The world is before you and you have only to choose your path" is an example of

What is metaphor

400

This character says, "the late Mr. Darcy, bequeathed me the next presentations of the best living his gift. He was my godfather, and excessively attached to me. I cannot do justice to his kindness."

Who is Wickham

400
Tasks women were schooled in (drawing, French, embroidery...)

What were the 'accomplishments'?

400

Why does Lady De Burgh go to Longbourne to speak specifically to Lizzie?

What is so that she can get Lizzie to promise she will not pursue an engagment to Darcy.

500

"It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife."  is an example of this literary device.

What is irony / sarcasm?

500

The term used to refer to the technique of including letters to introduce different points of view in a story.

What is epistolary

500

The wars were occurring during the time of the novel.  (Hint: France was involved, too.)

What are the Napoleonic Wars

500

This sister best represents the dense, talentless (her father tells her to stop playing the piano) yet delusional persona from the Regency era.

Who is Mary?

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