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Name the posthumously published novel of Jane Austen?
(A) Pride and Prejudice
(B) Northanger Abbey
(C) Kitty
(D) Lady Susan

Answer (B)

Note: Jane Austen wrote two more novels, which were not published in her life these novels are;   Northanger Abbey and Persuasion

What was the first name of Jane's novel Pride and Prejudice, 
(A) Evely
(B) First Impressions
(C) Mansfield Park
(D) Emma

Answer (B)

Note: Frances Burney's novel Cecilia has the phrase Pride and Prejudice which later Jane adopted for her newly created novel ''First Impression''  which later renamed as pride and prejudice.  

Mansfield Park published in how many volumes?

(A) Two volumes
(B) Four Volumes
(C) One Volume only
(D) Three Volumes

Answer (D)

Note: 

Mansfield Park, the most serious novel by Jane Austan which discusses religion, marriage, money and morality, and manners.  

How many novels did Jane Austen publish?
(A) 4
(B) 5
(C) 7
(D) 6

Answer (D)

Note: She has published her four novels when she was alive, Emma (1815),Pride and Prejudice (1813), Sense and Sensibility (1811) and Mansfield Park (1814) 

Jane Austen first novel was published;

(A) Sense and Sensibility
(B) Pride and Prejudice
(C) Mansfield Park
(D) Emma

Answer (A) 

Note: Sequence wise published novels by Jane Austen are;

1. Sense and Sensibility in 1811
2. Pride and Prejudice in 1813
3. Mansfield Park in 1814
4. Emma in 1815
5. Persuasion in 1817
6. Northanger Abbey in 1817

Persuasion was published in how many volumes?
(A) Two
(B) Three
(C) Four
(D) One

Answer (A)

Note :

Persuasion was published by John Murray. The themes of the novel are class rigidity, marriage, social values, and gender inequality

Who supervised its publication when the novel Persuasion was published posthumously. 
(A) Her brother Henry
(B) The Publisher John Murray Austen
(C) Anna Austen
(D)Maria Edgeworth

Answer (A)

Note: Henry Thomas Austen, he was the brother of Jane Austan and by profession, he was a clergyman and a banker. He also supervised the publication of novel persuasion. 

Who has written A Memoir of Jane Austen:
(A) J. E. Austen-Leigh
(B) Mary Lascelles
(C) R. W. Chapman
(D) John Murray

Answer (A)

Note:

It is a biography of Jane Austen written by her nephew named James Edward Austen-Leigh.

The story of ''Lady Susan'' is developed through: name the genre 

(A) Witty dialogues
(B) Letters
(C) Humorous reparties
(D) Small incidents

Answer (B)

Which novel was Austen writing When she died?
(A) Sanditon
(B) The Watsons
(C) Elinor
(D) Marianne

Answer (A)

What type/kind of novels Jane had written?
(A) Domestic Novels
(B) Gothic Novels
(C) Social Novels
(D) Historical Novels

Answer (A)

Which women novelist was not contemporary of Jane Austen;

(A) Charlotte Bronte
(B) Maria Edgeworth
(C) Susan Edmons Ferrier
(D) Edmonstone

Answer (A)

Note: They were three sisters named Ann, Emily, and Charlotte. Bronte sisters were known for their work. Following novels were written by Bronte sisters;

i.Charlotte's Jane Eyre

ii. Emily's Wuthering Heights

iii. Anne's The Tenant of Wildfell Hall.

What is the name of Jane Austen's husband?
(A) Mr. Collins
(B) Remained unmarried
(C) Lord Brabourne
(D) Lord Lytton

Answer (B)

At what age did Jane Austen die:

(A) 43
(B) 40
(C) 41
(D) 42

Answer (D)