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