Books Quiz - Author - Jane Austen (Answers)
Jane Austen was born in 1775 into a close-knit family with 8 children. She started writing as a teenager and her first novel, Sense and Sensibility, was published in 1811. Other works, including her favourite and probably most famous Pride and Prejudice. She died in 1817 when still young and more of her work was published after her death.
See how much you know about the life and works of one of our best loved authors, Jane Austen, in this quiz.
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Jane's father, George Austen, served as the rector of the Anglican parish at Steventon
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The Jane Austen Centre is situated in Gay Street, Queen Square
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The sisters are Elizabeth, Jane, Mary, Catherine and Lydia
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In the novel's first sentence, Emma is described as "handsome, clever and rich, with a comfortable home and a happy disposition"
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Persuasion was the last novel Austen managed to complete. She finished it in 1816 one year before she died
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Fanny Brice was the character played by Barbra Streisand in Funny Girl
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Lady Susan was not published until 1871 - 54 years after Austen's death and 76 years after it was written
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He is referred to as 'Mr Darcy' or just 'Darcy' throughout the novel. His first name is mentioned only twice - in chapters 25 and 35
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The clergyman is Mr Collins
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Catherine often frightens herself by mistaking the stories for reality
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