How Well Do You Know Jane Austen and Her Novels?

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Few authors of her era have held up as well as Jane Austen (when was the last time you cracked open your copy of The Bride of Lammermoor?). Austen inspires devotion and repeated readings 250 years after her birth precisely because her observations and wit remain as sharp, relatable, and relevant as when she wrote them.

In celebration of Jane Austen's 250th birthday, take this quiz to see how big a fan you are!

QUIZ: Jane Austen and Her Novels

The opening line, “It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife,” is from which Austen novel?
Which character is the heroine in Persuasion?
Who is the oldest single woman in Austen’s novels to catch a husband?
Jane Austen released her first four novels anonymously. To whom were they attributed when published?
In Jane Austen's 'Northanger Abbey', which major character can be described as 'a young and pretty girl who lacks in life experience, but is always determined to see the best in people and spends most of her life in a fantasy land of her own'?
What is Jane Austen’s exact date of birth?
Which of Jane Austen's novels was first turned into a feature film?
Which of Austen’s novels is the best-selling?
Which man finds he has proposed marriage without knowing it?
This is the plot of which novel by Jane Austen: 'An overburdened, impoverished family sends their 10-year-old daughter to live in the household of a wealthy aunt and uncle where she is mistreated.'?
Before stopping work due to illness, Austen completed just over 11 chapters of what would become known as Sanditon. Which is the title she originally gave this story?
This is the plot of which novel by Jane Austen: 'A 17-year-old daughter of a clergyman and fond of reading Gothic novels, is invited to the town of Bath where she befriends members of two rivaling families'?
How many novels did Jane Austen publish during her lifetime?
In Sense and Sensibility, which Dashwood sister embodies ‘sensibility’?
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Novels by Jane Austen

Sense and Sensibility

Pride and Prejudice

Mansfield Park

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Persuasion

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