Truthiness and Falsehoods
Prominent Places
Literary Devices
Quoteable Quotes
(Occasionally Irrelevant) Potpourri
100
True or False: Mr. Darcy's servants do not think their employer is a mean man.
True (in fact, his maid speaks in glowing terms about his character)
100
Lydia and Wickham ran off to what city?
What is London?
100
A literary device in which the author cricitizes the faults of society.
What is satire?
100
"Vanity and pride are different things, though the words are often used synonymously. A person may be proud without being vain. Pride relates more to our opinion of ourselves, vanity to what we would have others think of us." Which bookish Bennet daughter said this?
Mary Bennet
100
Jane Austen's birthday OR birthplace (within 10 yrs)
December 16th, 1775 and Basingstoke, Hampshire
200
True or False: Mrs. Bennet is delighted at Lydia marrying Wickham. Also, explain your answer.
True (because her daughter's reputation is not ruined due to the scandal by her getting married to Wickham, and she wanted to marry off the girls anyway)
200
The name of Mr. Darcy's estate.
What is Pemberly?
200
What is the point of view used in this novel?
3rd person omniscient
200
"In vain, have I struggled. It will not do. My feelings will not be repressed. You must allow me to tell you how I ardently admire you." Who said it?
Mr. Darcy
200
The original title of Pride and Prejudice.
What is "First Impressions"?
300
True or False: Lydia matures as a result of her escapades with Wickham.
False (she doesn't change a bit)
300
The name of Lady Catherine's Estate
What is Rosings Park
300
Name three characters that are heavily satirized in the novel.
Who are Lady Catherine de Bourgh, Mary Bennet, and Mr. Collins?
300
"Obstinate, headstrong girl! I am ashamed of you! Is this your gratitude for my attentions to you last spring? Is nothing due to me on this score?" Who said it?
Lady Catherine de Bourgh
300
Four days of the week that start with T
What are Tuesday, Thursday, Today, and Tomorrow.
400
True or False: Kitty is not permanently tarnished by Lydia's influence.
True (after she spends more time with her other sisters, she becomes a more respectable girl, according to the epilogue)
400
The name of Mr. Collins and Charlotte's estate.
What is Hunsford?
400
Name and define three type of irony
1.Verbal irony (when what you say is the opposite of what you mean) 2.situational irony (when the opposite of what is expected occurs) 3.dramatic irony (When the reader knows something that the other characters do not)
400
"You may well warn me against such an evil. Human nature is so prone to fall into it! No, Lizzy, let me once in my life feel how much I have been to blame. I am not afraid of being overpowered by the impression. It will pass away soon enough." Who said this to who and about whom?
Jane to Elizabeth about Bingley
400
Mrs.Guthrie's middle name
What is Lynn?
500
True or False: Jane refuses to admit Bingley's sisters hold malice toward her.
False (at first she refuses to face the facts, but she eventually wisens up)
500
Name 3 places in Herfordshire (the county where the novel opens)
What are Longborn, Netherfield, Lucas Lodge, and Meryton?
500
Give one example of any type of irony that occurs in the novel.
Answers will vary.
500
Your mother will never see you again if you do not marry _______, and I will never see you again if you do." Which character says this to which other character, and whose name fills in the blank?
Mr. Bennet, to Elizabeth, about Mr. Collins
500
7 Letter word for someone that explores caves.
What is spelunk?
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