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This senior high school English Literature quiz is the second of two extract questions for Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen. It takes place far into the second half of the novel, as Elizabeth is engaged on her tour of Derbyshire with her aunt and uncle, the Gardiners.
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This passage represents a crisis for her as she is confronted with the consequences of her parents’ lax approach to raising their daughters and to helping them to negotiate society and its expectations. She also comes to believe that her own ethics, behavior and character do not stand as independently as she had hoped, but are inevitably affected by those closest to her. At this moment of vulnerability she has no choice but to be humble in her honesty.
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Remember to ask yourself why the specific passage might have been chosen. In what way does it relate to the rest of the text? Which significant characters and themes appear? Consider what follows later in the text. Can you spot any foreshadowing of later events? Can you specify how the passage follows earlier events? Is a turning point evident? Also consider the extract’s ending: why does the passage end where it does? What significance do you perceive in the final line?
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Read the extract below carefully before answering the questions.
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Darcy made no answer. He seemed scarcely to hear her, and was walking up and down the room in earnest meditation; his brow contracted, his air gloomy. Elizabeth soon observed, and instantly understood it. Her power was sinking; every thing must sink under such a proof of family weakness, such an assurance of the deepest disgrace. She could neither wonder nor condemn, but the belief of his self-conquest brought nothing consolatory to her bosom, afforded no palliation of her distress. It was, on the contrary, exactly calculated to make her understand her own wishes; and never had she so honestly felt that she could have loved him, as now, when all love must be vain.
But self, though it would intrude, could not engross her. Lydia - the humiliation, the misery, she was bringing on them all, soon swallowed up every private care; and covering her face with her handkerchief, Elizabeth was soon lost to every thing else; and, after a pause of several minutes, was only recalled to a sense of her situation by the voice of her companion, who in a manner, which though it spoke compassion, spoke likewise restraint, said, “I am afraid you have been long desiring my absence, nor have I any thing to plead in excuse of my stay, but real, though unavailing, concern. Would to heaven that any thing could be either said or done on my part, that might offer consolation to such distress. - But I will not torment you with vain wishes, which may seem purposely to ask for your thanks. This unfortunate affair will, I fear, prevent my sister’s having the pleasure of seeing you at Pemberley to day.”
“Oh, yes. Be so kind as to apologize for us to Miss Darcy. Say that urgent business calls us home immediately. Conceal the unhappy truth as long as it is possible. - I know it cannot be long.”
He readily assured her of his secrecy - again expressed his sorrow for her distress, wished it a happier conclusion than there was at present reason to hope, and leaving his compliments for her relations, with only one serious, parting look, went away.
As he quitted the room, Elizabeth felt how improbable it was that they should ever see each other again on such terms of cordiality as had marked their several meetings in Derbyshire; and as she threw a retrospective glance over the whole of their acquaintance, so full of contradictions and varieties, sighed at the perverseness of those feelings which would now have promoted its continuance, and would formerly have rejoiced in its termination.
If gratitude and esteem are good foundations of affection, Elizabeth’s change of sentiment will be neither improbable nor faulty. But if otherwise, if the regard springing from such sources is unreasonable or unnatural, in comparison of what is so often described as arising on a first interview with its object, and even before two words have been exchanged, nothing can be said in her defense, except that she had given somewhat of a trial to the latter method, in her partiality for Wickham, and that its ill-success might perhaps authorize her to seek the other less interesting mode of attachment.
Jane Austen,
Pride and Prejudice (Penguin, 1972)
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What is the immediate context for this passage? |
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Elizabeth has just arrived at Pemberley for a visit with her aunt and uncle |
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Elizabeth has just received a letter from Mr Darcy explaining the events which occurred between him and Mr Wickham in the past |
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Elizabeth has just received a letter from Jane informing her of Lydia's elopement |
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Lady Catherine de Bourgh has just been to visit Elizabeth |
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What immediately follows this passage? |
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Elizabeth returns with her aunt and uncle to Longbourn |
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Mr Bennet finds Lydia in London |
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Mr Wickham and Lydia marry |
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Mr Darcy proposes to Elizabeth for a second time |
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In this extract, Mr Darcy is presented as displaying which of the following qualities? |
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Seriousness |
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Compassion |
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Self-control |
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All of the above |
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What does Elizabeth believe Mr Darcy to have decided by the time he leaves the room? |
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To travel abroad in his desperation at the turn of events |
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To restrain himself from future friendship and contact with her or any member of her family |
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To return home to Pemberley with the expectation of visiting her at home in Longbourn after a short while |
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To travel to London in a determined attempt to rectify the situation with Lydia |
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Which of the following lines reveals the force of habitual politeness in the face of emotional turmoil? |
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“Oh, yes. Be so kind as to apologize for us to Miss Darcy" |
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"Conceal the unhappy truth as long as it is possible" |
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"Would to heaven that any thing could be either said or done on my part" |
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"The belief of his self-conquest brought nothing consolatory to her bosom, afforded no palliation of her distress" |
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Elizabeth and Darcy are both present and hyper-aware in this moment and also absent. Which of the following does NOT give this impression of simultaneous presence and absence? |
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"He seemed scarcely to hear her, and was walking up and down the room in earnest meditation" |
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"The humiliation, the misery, she was bringing on them all, soon swallowed up every private care" |
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"Covering her face with her handkerchief, Elizabeth was soon lost to every thing else" |
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"And, after a pause of several minutes, was only recalled to a sense of her situation by the voice of her companion" |
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How does this passage present gratitude and esteem? |
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As good reasons for which to feel affectionately towards another person |
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As likely to be perceived as bad reasons for beginning to feel fond of someone |
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As good reasons in reality for feeling fond of someone, but also as unlikely to be perceived as such |
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As bad reasons for feeling affectionate towards another person, but likely to be perceived as the opposite |
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How might the mood of this passage best be described? |
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Melancholic |
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Tense |
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Calm |
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Hostile |
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"But self, though it would intrude, could not engross her." What is meant by this sentence? |
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Elizabeth has no concern for her own fate |
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Elizabeth must abandon concern for her own fate in order to focus on her concern for Lydia |
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Elizabeth must have concern for herself, since no one else in her family will have concern for her |
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Elizabeth must set aside her own feelings and the thought of future disappointments in consideration of the impact which Lydia's choices will have on her entire family |
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Elizabeth believes her acquaintanceship with Mr Darcy to be characterized as which of the following? |
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Contradictory |
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Perverse |
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Full of variety |
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All of the above |
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What is the immediate context for this passage? |
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Elizabeth has just arrived at Pemberley for a visit with her aunt and uncle |
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Elizabeth has just received a letter from Mr Darcy explaining the events which occurred between him and Mr Wickham in the past |
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Elizabeth has just received a letter from Jane informing her of Lydia's elopement |
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Lady Catherine de Bourgh has just been to visit Elizabeth |
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What immediately follows this passage? |
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Elizabeth returns with her aunt and uncle to Longbourn |
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Mr Bennet finds Lydia in London |
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Mr Wickham and Lydia marry |
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Mr Darcy proposes to Elizabeth for a second time |
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In this extract, Mr Darcy is presented as displaying which of the following qualities? |
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Seriousness |
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Compassion |
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Self-control |
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All of the above |
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What does Elizabeth believe Mr Darcy to have decided by the time he leaves the room? |
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To travel abroad in his desperation at the turn of events |
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To restrain himself from future friendship and contact with her or any member of her family |
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To return home to Pemberley with the expectation of visiting her at home in Longbourn after a short while |
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To travel to London in a determined attempt to rectify the situation with Lydia |
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5.
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Which of the following lines reveals the force of habitual politeness in the face of emotional turmoil? |
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“Oh, yes. Be so kind as to apologize for us to Miss Darcy" |
| [ ] |
"Conceal the unhappy truth as long as it is possible" |
| [ ] |
"Would to heaven that any thing could be either said or done on my part" |
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"The belief of his self-conquest brought nothing consolatory to her bosom, afforded no palliation of her distress" |
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Elizabeth and Darcy are both present and hyper-aware in this moment and also absent. Which of the following does NOT give this impression of simultaneous presence and absence? |
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"He seemed scarcely to hear her, and was walking up and down the room in earnest meditation" |
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"The humiliation, the misery, she was bringing on them all, soon swallowed up every private care" |
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"Covering her face with her handkerchief, Elizabeth was soon lost to every thing else" |
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"And, after a pause of several minutes, was only recalled to a sense of her situation by the voice of her companion" |
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7.
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How does this passage present gratitude and esteem? |
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As good reasons for which to feel affectionately towards another person |
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As likely to be perceived as bad reasons for beginning to feel fond of someone |
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As good reasons in reality for feeling fond of someone, but also as unlikely to be perceived as such |
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As bad reasons for feeling affectionate towards another person, but likely to be perceived as the opposite |
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8.
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How might the mood of this passage best be described? |
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Melancholic |
| [x] |
Tense |
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Calm |
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Hostile |
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9.
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"But self, though it would intrude, could not engross her." What is meant by this sentence? |
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Elizabeth has no concern for her own fate |
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Elizabeth must abandon concern for her own fate in order to focus on her concern for Lydia |
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Elizabeth must have concern for herself, since no one else in her family will have concern for her |
| [x] |
Elizabeth must set aside her own feelings and the thought of future disappointments in consideration of the impact which Lydia's choices will have on her entire family |
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10.
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Elizabeth believes her acquaintanceship with Mr Darcy to be characterized as which of the following? |
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Contradictory |
| [ ] |
Perverse |
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Full of variety |
| [x] |
All of the above |
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