Quotes
Mr. Darcy is a .... man according to Mrs. Bennet.
disagreeable
The most common type of irony used in Pride and Prejudice
Dramatic irony
Mr. Darcy's estate
Pemberley
Jane Austen never married. True or false?
True
What was the original name of Pride and Prejudice before publication?
First Impressions
Who says "Yes, a thousand times yes!"
Jane
Mary, Kitty, and Lydia act as ______ for Jane and Lizzie
foils
Mr. Collins' benefactor
Lady Catherine
During the Regency period unmarried women who were not wealthy did what after their parents passed away.
Became housekeepers for unmarried brothers
How does Mrs. Bennet respond to Darcy coming around Longbourne after the Lydia fiasco?
She's unwelcoming and rude to him
"My good ____ once lost, is ____ forever."
opinion, lost
Pride and Prejudice is often described as social ______ as Austen criticises the social stereotypes of the time.
satire
Who does Caroline Bingley want her brother to marry?
Georgiana Darcy
The Regency era specifically refers to
the time when George III couldn't reign due to mental disease and his son was named regency prince
Why does Lady De Burgh go to Longbourn to speak specifically to Lizzie?
So that she can get Lizzie to promise she will not pursue an engagement to Darcy.
"I could easily forgive his ____, if he had not ____ mine."
pride, mortified
Darcy tells Lizzie, "The world is before you and you have only to choose your path" is an example of
metaphor
How are the Gardiners related to Lizzie.
Mr Gardiner is Mrs Bennet's brother and so they are Lizzie's Aunt and Uncle
The militia mentioned in the novel primarily reference soldiers for what wars?
the Napoleonic Wars
This sister best represents the dense, talentless (her father tells her to stop playing the piano) yet delusional persona from the Regency era.
Mary
"Happiness in marriage is entirely a matter of _____. If the dispositions of the parties are ever so well known to each other or ever so similar beforehand, it does not advance their felicity in the least. They always continue to grow sufficiently unlike afterwards to have their share of ______; and it is better to know as little as possible of the defects of the person with whom you are to pass your _____."
chance, vexation, life
Charlotte's pragmatic approach versus Lizzie's desire to hold out for love is an example of
character foils
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."
Wickham
This battle against France ensures British naval dominance for the rest of the 19th century
the Battle of Trafalgar
The term used to refer to the technique of including letters to introduce different points of view in a story.
epistolary