Multiple choice questions on Jane Austen
MCQS ON AUSTEN'S LITERARY WORKS
1. To which Literary Age did Jane Austen belong?
(A) The Age of Johnson
(B) The Age of Wordsworth
(C) The Victorian Age
(D) The Age of Arnold
2. How many novels did Jane Austen publish ?
(A) 4
(B) 5
(C) 6
(D) 7
3. Which of the following novels was published
first-
(A) Sense and Sensibility
(B) Mansfield Park
(C) Pride and Prejudice
(D) Emma
4. Which of her following novels was published
posthumously?
(A) Mansfield Park
(B) Pride and Prejudice
(C) Emma
(D) Northanger Abbey
5. Her Pride and Prejudice was first published
under the title:
(A) Evelyn
(B) Kitty
(C) First Impressions
(D) Lady Susan
6. We have no hesitation in placing Jane Austen
beside Shakespeare. Who has made this
remark?
(A) Wordsworth
(B) Edward Fitzgerald
(C) Charlotte Bronte
(D) Macaulay
7. In how many volumes was Mansfield Park
published ?
(A) Two volumes
(B) Three Volumes
(C) Four Volumes
(D) One Volume only
8. In how many volumes was Persuasion
published ?
(A) One
(B) Two
(C) Three
(D) Four
9. The novel Persuasion was published posthumously. Who supervised its publication ?
(A) Her brother Henry
(B) The Publisher John Murray
(C) Maria Edgeworth
(D) Anna Austen
10. 'A Memoir of Jane Austen' was written by:
(A) J. E. Austen-Leigh
(B) R. W. Chapman
(C) Mary Lascelles
(D) John Murray
11. One of the following women novelists was not contemporary of Jane Austen. Identify her:
(A) Maria Edgeworth
(B) Charlotte Bronte
(C) Susan Edmons Ferrier
(D) Edmonstone
12. Whom did Jane Austen marry?
(A) Lord Brabourne
(B) Mr. Collins
(C) Lord Lytton
(D) Remained unmarried
13. Jane Austen died at an early age of :
(A) 42
(B) 43
(C) 40
(D) 41
14. The story Lady Susan is developed through:
(A) Witty dialogues
(B) Humorous reparties
(C) Letters
(D) Small incidents
15. Which novel was she writing when she died ?
(A) Sanditon
(B) The Watsons
(C) Elinor
(D) Marianne
16. What kind of novels had Jane Austen written?
(A) Domestic Novels
(B) Social Novels
(C) Gothic Novels
(D) Historical Novels
