General Knowledge Questions The Prize of one guinea which the
Editor offers each week for the thirteen best questions is awarded this week to Miss; Malden, for the following :-
Questions on Jane Austen's Novels
1. What was the original title of Pride and Prejudice ? When- was it written ? and when published ?
2. Which was the first novel to be published ?
3. In what counties were these houses and who lived in them ?:
(a) Northanger Abbey, (b) Cleveland, (c) Pemberley, (d) Barton Cottage, (e) Netherfield, (f) Rosings, (g) Norland Park.
4. Whose dressing-room was overloaded with mirrors ?
5. Of whose conversation is it said " They could describe an entertainment with accuracy, relate an anecdote with humour, and laugh at their acquaintance with spirit " ?
O. How long did it take to travel post from Mansfield Park to Portsmouth ?
7. Who are described in the following phrases : (a) " Untamed; unabashed, wild, noisy and fearless "(b) " As good natured a fellow as ever lived, something of a rattle ; (c) '• Nobody knew better how to dictate liberality to others; love of money was equal to her love of directing, and she kew quite as well how to save her own as to spend that of her friends ' ?
8. Who were the parsons of : (a) Hunsford, (b) Uppercross. (c) Delaford, (d) Thorton Lacey, (e) Highbury, (f) Mansfield, (g) Woodston ?
9. What sea-side resorts are mentioned in the novels ?
10. What was Sir Walter Eliot's favourite book ?
11. What did Mrs. Norris bring back with her from Sotherton Court ? 12. In which novels are the following characters : (a) Lucy Steele,
(b) Harriet Smith, (c) Mrs. Jennings, (d) Mr. Yates, (e) Mrs. Charles Musgrove, (f) Mrs. Allen, (g) Mrs. Philips ? 13* What young lady walked three miles early in the day in " dirty weather " ? and, what other young lady was quite knocked up by cutting roses and walking twice across the park on a hot. day I Answers will be found on page 855.
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