Q 01/05

Which novel appeared in 1813 credited only to 'the Author of Sense and Sensibility'?

A) Persuasion

B) Pride and Prejudice

C) Mansfield Park

D) Northanger Abbey

Answer · why

B) Pride and Prejudice

Pride and Prejudice. Its publisher had bought the copyright outright for £110, so he made more money from Austen's second novel than she did.

Q 02/05

What was Austen's working title for Sense and Sensibility?

A) First Impressions

B) Elinor and Marianne

C) The Dashwoods

D) Norland Park

Answer · why

B) Elinor and Marianne

Elinor and Marianne named the 1790s draft after its heroines; the final title swaps the names for what the sisters stand for, Elinor's sense and Maria...

Q 03/05

How was the author identified on the 1811 title page of Sense and Sensibility?

A) By Miss A.

B) By A Gentlewoman

C) By A Lady

D) By An Englishwoman

Answer · why

C) By A Lady

By A Lady kept her name off the title page, as was usual for women who wrote for money but wished to stay respectable; none of Austen's novels carried...

Q 04/05

The three Dashwood sisters are Elinor, Marianne and which thirteen-year-old?

A) Charlotte

B) Margaret

C) Fanny

D) Lucy

Answer · why

B) Margaret

Margaret, the youngest, is the one who lets slip at a dinner party that Elinor has an admirer whose name begins with F.

Q 05/05

In which county is the Dashwoods' original family estate?

A) Sussex

B) Devon

C) Somerset

D) Kent

Answer · why

A) Sussex

Sussex is home to Norland Park, Dashwood land for generations, until an old uncle's will ties the estate to John Dashwood's small son and leaves the t...