Jane Austen Mastermind Quiz
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August 31st, 2006 at 11:16 am
I got 22 out of 24 so I am right chuffed. I thought that two or three of the questions were extremely difficult. For instance, which of the juvenilia was dedicated to Eliza de Feuillide. I guessed Love and Freindship which happened to be correct, but this is not the sort of thing most folks would take note of or remember…?
August 31st, 2006 at 12:38 pm
I also got 22 out of 24 and am pleased with myself. Though, I admit, some of my correct answers were guesses (I need to reread Northanger Abbey and Mansfield Park!). Many, however, I could have answered correctly without even multiple choice.
August 31st, 2006 at 12:46 pm
I got 14. Sadly. I need to read Mansfield Park and Persuasion. Movies didn’t help me much. >_
August 31st, 2006 at 2:35 pm
I received 21 out of 24– I totally agree that some of the questions were difficult! It wouldn’t be as much fun if it weren’t a bit of a challenge, though.
August 31st, 2006 at 3:18 pm
I got 23 out of 24!:)
August 31st, 2006 at 3:37 pm
Alas, I only got 20 out of 24. I went against my first instinct on one about Edward. Sigh.
August 31st, 2006 at 3:53 pm
20/24…still a B!! Just a reminder to re-read Emma and Mansfield Park…
August 31st, 2006 at 4:06 pm
Darn! Missed one. I guess Rushworth was never of interest to me in the first place.
August 31st, 2006 at 5:16 pm
I got two wrong, and passed on the the question about her juvenile fiction written in letters. Overall I’m pleased with the result. I knew most of the answers without even thinking.
Don’t feel bad, Tony. Rushworth was never of interest to anyone else either.
August 31st, 2006 at 6:38 pm
I, too, got 22 of 24. I’m annoyed with myself because both times I had narrowed my choice to two and picked wrong both times.
What I want to know is how did our most reveered High Priestess do?
August 31st, 2006 at 6:44 pm
Hmm–thought I put it in there. 23 right.
I thought there were 25 questions…I guess I got one wrong. I thought I got two wrong. There were two that I pretty much guessed on. I can’t remember what they were.
August 31st, 2006 at 7:54 pm
Wow, you guys are good, I got a measly 9
Oh, well, I suppose it gives me an excuse to read the books again…
August 31st, 2006 at 8:30 pm
I scored 22 of 24 so I missed two questions. It was the one about the card game Elinor arranged in S&S and then what Edward thought was more grand than a watch tower. I was looking for cottage so I didn’t think farm house! I guess I’ll just have to read S&S again!
August 31st, 2006 at 11:06 pm
Well, I got all 24 right! I’ve made a point of reading the Big Six every year since I was 20, and I’m 52 now, so I’ve been through them 32 times at least — I =better= get 24 outta 24!!! (And yeah, I know I need a life …)
The MP questions were right up my street this year, we’ve been working so hard on the Annual General Meeting.
September 1st, 2006 at 7:21 pm
23… not too shabby! *beams* For the life of me, I couldn’t remember Tom Bertram’s first choice for the MP play.