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