Konkurs wiedzy o życiu i twórczości Jane Austen

Jane Austen life and literary output - test

1. Jane Austen was born in :
a) 1875
b) 1975
c) 1775

2. Jane lived in:
a) Hampshire
b) Southampton
c) London

3.What was Austen's marital status?
a) single
b) married
c) divorced

4. Jane's father was:
a) a salesman
b) a noble
c) a rector/ priest

5. How many siblings did Jane have?
a)6 sisters and 1 brother
b)3 sisters and 3 brothers
c)6 brothers and 1 sister

6. What was the name of Jane's closest friend?
a) Cassandra
b) Francesca
c) Cassidy

7. Austen's last and unfinished novel is:
a) Persuasions
b) Sanditon
c) Emma

8. The first title for Pride and Prejudice was:
a) Becoming Jane
b) First Impressions
c) Expressions

9. Austen wrote novels anonymously under a pseudonym:
a)A Madam
b)A Man
c) A Lady

10. Jane Austen died in:
a) 1817
b)1917
c) 1718
11. How many books did Jane Austen write?
a) six
b) sixteen
c) sixty

12. Match the characters with the novels' titles:
1. Miss Woodhouse a. Mansfield Park
2. Elizabeth Bennet b. Emma
3. Anne Eliot c. Pride and Prejudice
4. Fanny Price d. Sense and Sensibility
5.Elinor & Marianne Dashwood e. Persuasion
1__ 2__ 3__ 4__ 5__

13. Match the most famous quotations with the books they come from. There is one extra title and you do not need it:
1. "It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife."
2. "One half of the world cannot understand the pleasures of the other."
3. "A large income is the best recipe for happiness I've ever heard of".

a)Mansfield Park
b) Persuasion
c)Pride and Prejudice
d)Emma
1__ 2__ 3__

14. Write Polish translations of the following titles of books:
a) Pride and Prejudice – ........................................
b) Sense and Sensibility – ........................................
c) Northanger Abbey – ........................................

15. In 2005 Pride and Prejudice was made into film by: ........................................
(write the name of the director of this film).

Opracowanie Anna Małek