Pride and Prejudice

Question 1

What economic reason is there for why Mrs. Bennet is so anxious for her daughters to marry well?

Answer 1

The entailment- the girls will not inherit anything.

Question 2

Which best identifies Elizabeth’s initial perception of Wickham?

Answer 2

She is attracted to him.

Question 3

What reason would Darcy have for being jealous of Wickham- according to Wickham’s story?

Answer 3

Darcy’s father liked him more than Darcy.

Question 4

At the end of Chapter 27 is says that Elizabeth will cure herself of the influence of “spleen and disappointment” in what manner?

Answer 4

a visit to the country

Question 5

Lady Catherine judges the Bennet girls for what?

Answer 5

Not being educated by a governess.

Question 6

What is said to be the mutual advantage of a “union” of Darcy and Elizabeth (which Elizabeth now fears is impossible)?

Answer 6

Elizabeth would lighten Darcy up by teaching him humor and fun and Darcy would teach her the knowledge of the world.

Question 7

Jane wishes her happiness for Elizabeth. Elizabeth responds, saying that she will never haver her happiness until…

Answer 7

she is good like Jane.

Question 8

What is the harshest word that Lady Catherine uses to insult Elizabeth that completes this sentence, “Heaven and earth!– of what are you thinking? Are the shades of Pemberley to be thus…”

Answer 8

polluted

Question 9

After they are engaged, Elizabeth and Darcy talk about how they first fell in love. Which of the following is accurate?

Answer 9

Elizabeth tells Darcy that he liked it when she disrespected him.

Question 10

How does the following statement from Mr. Bennet to Elizabeth end? “I know that you could be neither happy nor respectable, unless you truly esteemed your husband; unless you looked to him as…”

Answer 10

superior

Question 11

Which is NOT true of the historical “background” of the novel?

Answer 11

It is aristocratic.

Question 12

What English author is credited with establishing the formula for the sentimental novel?

Answer 12

Samuel Richardson

Question 13

What do the titles of the first two sentimental novels have in common- that is indicative of their content?

Answer 13

They are the names of girls. (ex: Pamela and Clarissa)

Question 14

What, according to the plot formula, initially makes the good- good girl vulnerable?

Answer 14

an economic situation

Question 15

The villain is an aristocrat that places himself above the moral law. What is the name for this attitude?

Answer 15

libertine

Question 16

The primary action of the villain is…

Answer 16

abduction

Question 17

How does the story end?

Answer 17

The good- girl dies or the good- good girl marries the villain.

Question 18

Name the two “genre issues” that cause the sentimental novel to be judged negatively.

Answer 18

It is a popular art form (mass print).

It is a feminine art form (written by women so it isn’t as good).

Question 19

“Pride and Prejudice is in rebellion against itself” is illustrated by the fact that Elizabeth is in rebellion, specifically, against what two character types?

Answer 19

romantically affected women and the aristocratic abductor

Question 20

Explain how Austen’s device of “equivocal/parallel characterization” works, in general, relative to the sentimental formula.

Answer 20

Characters come in pairs. Characters are taken from the sentimental novel and are split into two different characters.

Question 21

Which part of the sentimental villain does Darcy represent?

Answer 21

the arrogant aristocrat and the would be libertine

Question 22

What indicates that Darcy is very closely identified with the abductor villain?

Answer 22

Darcy feels guilty for the abduction and he rectifies it.

Question 23

Which part of the sentimental villain does Wickham represent?

Answer 23

abductor

Question 24

Which sister is the “good- good” girl?

Answer 24

Jane

Question 25

No villain transforms in Pride and Prejudice; instead the change is in the mistake attitude of the protagonist. What special term does the novel use for this device?

Answer 25

prejudice