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JANE AUSTEN
Quiz: How much do you know about Jane Austen?
When it comes to the great author’s works are you full of sense (and sensibility) … or slightly Clueless?
THE 250th ANNIVERSARY of Jane Austen’s birth fell last month.
The much-loved author wrote some of the most popular novels in the English language, which critiqued 18th century society through depictions of women and their dependence on the institution of marriage for financial security and status.
Austen’s novels have been adapted for stage and screen countless times, a testament to her enduring popularity.
So, it seems entirely sensible to ask: How much do you know about Jane Austen?
Where in England was Jane Austen born?
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London
Surrey
Steventon
Kent
Complete the opening line of Pride and Prejudice:
"It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a ______."
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Family
Butler
Manor
Wife
Which of these novels was NOT written by Jane Austen?
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Sense and Sensibility
Wuthering Heights
Persuasion
Emma
How many books did Austen publish while she was alive?
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Four
Five
Six
Seven
Austen published her work anonymously. How did she credit herself?
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"Written by a woman of not immodest means"
"By a woman"
"By a lady"
"Penned by a perpetual spinster"
How old was Austen when she died?
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31
41
51
61
Who played Mr Darcy in the 2005 film adaptation of Pride and Prejudice?
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Colin Firth
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Benedict Cumberbatch
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Daniel Craig
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Matthew Macfadyen
It was noted in some coverage at the time that Emma Thompson was in her 30s when she played Elinor Dashwood in the 1995 film adaptation of Sense and Sensibility. How old was the character at the start of the novel?
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17
19
23
29
Which of these teen movies was a modern retelling of Austen's novel, Emma?
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Mean Girls
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10 Things I Hate About You
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Clueless
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Never Been Kissed
What novel is Catherine Morland, the heroine of Northanger Abbey, slightly obsessed with?
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The Mysteries of Udolpho
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Gulliver's Travels
Robinson Crusoe
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