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Sense and Sensibility
  • 1. What is the original working title of 'Sense and Sensibility'?
A) Elinor and Marianne
B) Dashwood Sisters
C) Marianne and Elinor
D) The Two Sisters
  • 2. In which year was 'Sense and Sensibility' first published?
A) 1820
B) 1805
C) 1811
D) 1797
  • 3. Who is the author of 'Sense and Sensibility'?
A) Emily Dickinson
B) Jane Austen
C) Mary Shelley
D) Charlotte Brontë
  • 4. Where do Elinor, Marianne, and Margaret Dashwood move after leaving their family estate?
A) London
B) A modest cottage in Devon
C) Sussex
D) Bath
  • 5. Who is Colonel Brandon attracted to upon meeting her at Barton Park?
A) Mrs. Jennings
B) Margaret Dashwood
C) Elinor Dashwood
D) Marianne Dashwood
  • 6. Who carries Marianne home after she sprains her ankle?
A) John Willoughby
B) Sir John Middleton
C) Edward Ferrars
D) Colonel Brandon
  • 7. What does Lucy Steele confide to Elinor about Edward Ferrars?
A) He plans to leave England
B) They are secretly engaged
C) He is marrying Lady Middleton
D) He is in love with Marianne
  • 8. Who disinherits Willoughby due to his actions?
A) Colonel Brandon
B) Edward Ferrars
C) Willoughby's cousin
D) Mrs. Smith
  • 9. What is the reason for Willoughby's need to marry an heiress?
A) He wants a higher social status
B) He lost all his money gambling
C) He needs to support his family
D) He has been disinherited by his cousin
  • 10. Who reveals Willoughby's past with Eliza Williams?
A) Mrs. Jennings
B) Edward Ferrars
C) Lucy Steele
D) Colonel Brandon
  • 11. What does Marianne vow after recovering from her illness?
A) To marry Colonel Brandon immediately
B) Never to love again
C) To leave Devonshire
D) To be guided by Elinor's good sense and amend her behavior
  • 12. Who is Edward Ferrars disinherited in favor of?
A) Colonel Brandon
B) Sir John Middleton
C) His younger brother Robert
D) John Willoughby
  • 13. Who marries Elinor Dashwood at the end of the novel?
A) John Willoughby
B) Robert Ferrars
C) Edward Ferrars
D) Colonel Brandon
  • 14. What narrative style did Jane Austen initially use for 'Sense and Sensibility'?
A) Epistolary form
B) Third-person omniscient
C) First-person narrative
D) Stream of consciousness
  • 15. Which novel by Adam Stevenson is thought to have influenced 'Sense and Sensibility'?
A) Life and Love (1785)
B) Mansfield Park
C) Emma
D) Pride and Prejudice
  • 16. What does the early review in the Critical Review praise about 'Sense and Sensibility'?
A) Its modern themes
B) The use of supernatural elements
C) The novel's length
D) Well-drawn characters and a highly pleasing plot
  • 17. What is the primary theme contrasted in 'Sense and Sensibility' as per Jane Austen?
A) Wealth vs. poverty
B) Good judgment (sense) vs. sensitivity/emotionality (sensibility)
C) Love vs. hate
D) Youth vs. age
  • 18. Which critic argues that 'Sense and Sensibility' is caught between burlesque and the serious novel?
A) Tony Tanner
B) Claire Tomalin
C) A. Walton Litz
D) Mary Favret
  • 19. Which feminist critic views 'Sense and Sensibility' as a critique of patriarchal inheritance?
A) Sandra M. Gilbert and Susan Gubar
B) Claudia Johnson
C) Mary Poovey
D) Gene Ruoff
  • 20. Who translated 'Sense and Sensibility' into French as 'Raison et Sensibilité'?
A) Jane Austen
B) Emily Dickinson
C) Charlotte Brontë
D) Madame Isabelle de Montolieu
  • 21. Which adaptation of 'Sense and Sensibility' was directed by Ang Lee?
A) 1971 BBC television dramatization
B) 1995 theatrical release
C) 1981 TV series
D) 2008 BBC TV series
  • 22. Who adapted 'Sense and Sensibility' for a 2013 radio production on BBC Radio 4?
A) Emma Thompson
B) Jeffrey Haddow
C) Helen Edmundson
D) Andrew Davies
  • 23. Which novel by Ben H. Winters is a mashup parody of 'Sense and Sensibility'?
A) Emma and Aliens
B) Pride, Prejudice, and Zombies
C) Mansfield Park: The Alien Invasion
D) Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters
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