ThatQuiz
|
Test Library
|
Take this test now
Cassandra Austen
  • 1. In which year was Cassandra Elizabeth Austen born?
A) 1773
B) 1793
C) 1783
D) 1803
  • 2. What was the profession of Cassandra's father, Reverend George Austen?
A) Teacher
B) Lawyer
C) Doctor
D) Reverend and country parson
  • 3. Which two sisters shared a particularly close bond throughout their lives?
A) Elizabeth and Mary Austen
B) Anna and Caroline Austen
C) Cassandra and Jane Austen
D) Martha and Cassandra Austen
  • 4. Where did the Austen sisters go to be educated in 1783?
A) Oxford University
B) Steventon School
C) Reading Abbey Girls' School
D) To Mrs. Cawley, their uncle's sister
  • 5. Which epidemic caused the Austen sisters to return from Southampton?
A) Influenza
B) Smallpox
C) Typhus
D) Cholera
  • 6. Where did Cassandra and Jane Austen attend school between 1785 and 1786?
A) Mrs. Cawley's home in Oxford
B) Reading Abbey Girls' School
C) Southampton High School
D) Steventon Rectory
  • 7. What did Cassandra produce for Jane's manuscript The History of England in 1791?
A) A full-length portrait of Jane
B) A series of circular illustrations of British monarchs
C) A novel
D) A musical composition
  • 8. How many paintings of her sister Jane did Cassandra create?
A) One
B) Three
C) Four
D) Two
  • 9. What was Anna Austen's opinion on the portrait of Jane painted by Cassandra in 1804?
A) It captured her spirit
B) It was a perfect likeness
C) It was too flattering
D) It was 'so hideously unlike' her real appearance
  • 10. Who criticized the treatment of Jane's eyes in James Andrews' watercolour and Lizars's engraving?
A) Caroline Austen
B) Martha Lloyd
C) Anna Lefroy
D) Jane Austen
  • 11. Where is Cassandra's sketch of Jane housed?
A) Reading Abbey Girls' School
B) St. Nicholas' Church, Chawton
C) The National Portrait Gallery, London
D) Portsdown Lodge, Widley
  • 12. What did Cassandra inherit from Thomas Fowle?
A) A piano
B) A collection of letters
C) $1,000
D) A house in Southampton
  • 13. To which estate did the Austen family move in 1809?
A) Francis' estate in Southampton
B) George's estate in Steventon
C) Cassandra's estate in Oxford
D) Edward's estate in Chawton
  • 14. In what year did Jane Austen die?
A) 1837
B) 1845
C) 1827
D) 1817
  • 15. How many of Jane's letters are reported to have been destroyed by Cassandra in 1843?
A) One-third
B) All
C) Two-thirds
D) Half
  • 16. Who played Cassandra Austen in the BBC drama Miss Austen Regrets (2007)?
A) Anna Maxwell Martin
B) Lucy Cohu
C) Greta Scacchi
D) Keeley Hawes
  • 17. In which film did Keeley Hawes play Cassandra Austen?
A) The Real Jane Austen (2002)
B) Miss Austen Regrets (2007)
C) The 2025 miniseries Miss Austen
D) Becoming Jane (2007)
Created with That Quiz — where a math practice test is always one click away.