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