Jane Austen Quiz

Jane Austen Quiz — Practice Questions

1. How many novels did Jane Austen complete?
2. Which novel opens with: 'It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife'?
3. Who is the brooding, proud love interest in Pride and Prejudice?
4. Who is the protagonist of Austen's novel Emma?
5. Sense and Sensibility contrasts which two sisters?
6. How many daughters do Mr and Mrs Bennet have in Pride and Prejudice?
7. Mr Collins, Elizabeth Bennet's insufferable suitor, is financially dependent on which great lady?
8. Jane Austen was born in which English county?
9. Northanger Abbey gently satirises which popular genre of fiction?
10. Emma's central flaw — the source of most of the novel's comedy and drama — is her habit of:
11. The protagonist of Persuasion — Austen's final completed novel — is:
12. In Persuasion, what is the name of the naval officer Anne Elliot once rejected and must face again?
13. Which Austen novel features a young woman named Fanny Price?
14. In Pride and Prejudice, the youngest Bennet sister Lydia elopes scandalously with:
15. Emma Woodhouse's love interest, who has known her since childhood and is the only person who challenges her honestly, is:
16. Jane Austen died at what age?
17. Jane Austen's novels were published anonymously. What appeared on the title page instead of her name?
18. Which city did Jane Austen live in from 1801 to 1806, which she reportedly found unsatisfying and creatively barren?
19. The famous 1995 BBC adaptation of Pride and Prejudice, starring Colin Firth as Darcy, is best remembered for which scene?
20. Jane Austen's face appears on which UK banknote?