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Henry Thomas Austen
  • 1. In which year was Henry Thomas Austen born?
A) 1771
B) 1794
C) 1765
D) 1787
  • 2. What was the profession of Henry's father, Rev. George Austen?
A) Clergyman
B) Author
C) Militia officer
D) Banker
  • 3. Who among Henry's siblings was known as the 'scholars'?
A) Cassandra and Jane
B) Charles John and Francis William
C) Edward and Frank
D) Henry and James
  • 4. Which college did Henry attend for his higher education?
A) Trinity College, Cambridge
B) St. John's College, Oxford
C) Cambridge University
D) Harvard University
  • 5. In which year did Henry marry Eliza Feuillide?
A) 1787
B) 1797
C) 1813
D) 1805
  • 6. What was the name of the magazine that Henry helped his brother James publish?
A) The Spectator
B) The Observer
C) The Loiterer
D) The Monthly Review
  • 7. Which military unit did Henry join in April 1793?
A) London Dragoons
B) Royal Navy
C) Buckinghamshire Regiment
D) Southampton unit of the Oxfordshire Militia
  • 8. Who appointed Henry as acting paymaster in 1794?
A) John Parker
B) Colonel Spencer
C) William Gore-Langton
D) Lieutenant Cornwallis
  • 9. What was the name of Henry's banking partnership formed in 1801?
A) Parker & Austen
B) Maunde & Austen
C) Austen & Co.
D) Tilson, Austen & Co.
  • 10. In which year did Henry become an ordained deacon?
A) 1803
B) 1820
C) 1799
D) 1816
  • 11. Where was Henry appointed as curate after becoming a clergyman?
A) Chawton, Hampshire
B) Oxfordshire
C) Bentley, Hampshire
D) London, England
  • 12. What was the name of the convention Henry attended in 1840?
A) World Anti-Slavery Convention
B) Colonial Independence Summit
C) European Peace Congress
D) British Parliamentary Reform Convention
  • 13. Which Jane Austen novel was proof-read by Henry in March 1814?
A) Northanger Abbey
B) Mansfield Park
C) Emma
D) Pride and Prejudice
  • 14. Who did Henry persuade to offer better terms for Jane's copyrights?
A) John Murray
B) Richard Bentley
C) Charles Dickens
D) William Blackwood
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