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What is the historical period in which Pride and Prejudice is set?
The Regency period
What is the name given to the hundred-year period from 1850-1950 in which there was a huge shift from rural to urban life, and economic/technological growth?
Industrial Revolution
Why does Wickham come to the town of Meryton?
He is stationed there with the army.
What is Mr. Collins job?
A clergyman.
The use of irony, humour, exaggeration or ridicule to criticise people or society
Satire
What was the nature of King George III illness?
He was mentally ill.
What does entailed mean?
Property is not passed on by choice; it must be passed through generational male heirs
What is the estate Mr. Bingley rents called?
Netherfield.
Who is Mr. Collins patron on whose estate he lives and how does he feel about her?
Lady Catherine De Bourgh; he is excessively admiring of her due to her perceived higher rank
The expression of meaning by using language that normally means the opposite. (e.g. A narrator saying one thing but implying another).
Irony
What two major revolutions occurred during Jane Austen's lifetime and why did they occur?
American and French - dissatisfaction with monarchy, establishment of democracy
Name all the Bennet sisters!
Jane, Elizabeth, Mary, Kitty, Lydia
How does Mr. Collins react when Elizabeth refuses his proposal?
He thinks she is trying to flirt with him, or prove her modesty.
How old is Charlotte Lucas when she accepts Mr. Collins proposal?
27
What is dramatic irony?
When a reader or audience knows something the characters do not
Give five adjective to describe Mrs. Bennet's character.
Obnoxious, shallow, vain, materialistic, impractical
What does Charlotte Lucas warn Elizabeth about, referring to Jane's nature towards Bingley?
She is too guarded and equanimous with her feelings, and Mr. Bingley might not know she loves him unless she makes it more known.
What does Wickham claim Darcy has done?
Stolen his chance to make a respectable living as a clergyman, and disrespected his father's will.
How old was Jane Austen when she accepted a proposal from Harris Bigg-Wither, only to turn him down twenty four hours later?
27
How does Mr. Bennet make an income?
He rents out his estate, Longbourn, to tenant farmers. The estate was passed down to him as he was the first male heir. He is part of the 'landed gentry' - a modern-day landlord.
Who do Bingley's sisters want Bingley to marry and why?
Georgiana - Darcy's sister, heir to a large fortune, and Miss Bingley hopes it will make Darcy more likely to fall in love with her
What is William Lucas' (Charlotte Lucas' father) social background?
He was a tradesman, and then became mayor, when he was made a knight. (A fact of which he brags of often!) He is not aristocratic.
What is Mr. Bingley's and Mr. Darcy's income?
4,000 pounds a year/10,000 pounds a year
What was the original title for Pride and Prejudice?
First impressions.
"She is tolerable; but not handsome enough to tempt me; and I am in no humour at present to give consequence to young ladies who are slighted by other men."