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Henry Thomas Austen
Contributed by: Collins
  • 1. In which year was Henry Thomas Austen born?
A) 1794
B) 1771
C) 1765
D) 1787
  • 2. What was the profession of Henry's father, Rev. George Austen?
A) Author
B) Militia officer
C) Clergyman
D) Banker
  • 3. Who among Henry's siblings was known as the 'scholars'?
A) Cassandra and Jane
B) Charles John and Francis William
C) Henry and James
D) Edward and Frank
  • 4. Which college did Henry attend for his higher education?
A) Cambridge University
B) Trinity College, Cambridge
C) Harvard University
D) St. John's College, Oxford
  • 5. In which year did Henry marry Eliza Feuillide?
A) 1787
B) 1805
C) 1797
D) 1813
  • 6. What was the name of the magazine that Henry helped his brother James publish?
A) The Monthly Review
B) The Loiterer
C) The Spectator
D) The Observer
  • 7. Which military unit did Henry join in April 1793?
A) London Dragoons
B) Buckinghamshire Regiment
C) Southampton unit of the Oxfordshire Militia
D) Royal Navy
  • 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) Maunde & Austen
B) Tilson, Austen & Co.
C) Austen & Co.
D) Parker & Austen
  • 10. In which year did Henry become an ordained deacon?
A) 1803
B) 1816
C) 1820
D) 1799
  • 11. Where was Henry appointed as curate after becoming a clergyman?
A) Chawton, Hampshire
B) Oxfordshire
C) London, England
D) Bentley, 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) Pride and Prejudice
C) Northanger Abbey
D) Emma
  • 14. Who did Henry persuade to offer better terms for Jane's copyrights?
A) John Murray
B) William Blackwood
C) Charles Dickens
D) Richard Bentley
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