JANE AUSTEN - 1

JANE AUSTEN - 1

Q. 1: Who is Jane Austen?

Ans.: Jane Austen is an English novelist. She has been called the pure novelist.

Q. 2: Was Jane Austen a Georgian era author?

Ans: Yes, Jane Austen was a Georgian era author.

Q. 3: When was Jane Austen born?

Ans: Jane Austen was born on 16 December 1775.

Q. 4: Where was Jane Austen born?

Ans: Jane Austen was born at Steventon, Hampshire, England.

Q.5: What do you know about Steventon?

Ans: Steventon was a tiny village amid the chalk hills of North Hants.

Q. 6: In which county in England was Austen born?

Ans: Hampshire.

Q.7: What was the name of Jane Austen’s father?

Ans: George Austen was the name of Jane Austen’s father.

Q.8: What was Jane Austen’s father?

Ans: Jane Austen’s father was a clergyman.

Q.9: What was the name of Jane Austen’s mother?

Ans: Cassandra was the name of Jane Austen’s mother.

Q.10: What was Jane Austen’s number among her siblings?

Ans: Jane Austen was the seventh child and second daughter of Cassandra and George Austen.

Q.11: When did Jane Austen die?

Ans: 18 July 1817.

Q.12: Where was Jane Austen buried?

Ans: Winchester, United Kingdom.

Q.13: How did Jane Austen die?

Ans: Jane Austen died of consumption.

Q.14: What was the age of Jane Austen when she died?

Ans: Jane Austen died in the age of 42.

Q.15: Who published Jane Austen’s unpublished novels after her death?

Ans: Henry, Jane Austen’s brother, published Jane Austen’s unpublished novels after her death?

Q.16: What was the pen name of Jane Austen?

Ans: The pen name of Jane Austen was ‘A Lady.’

Q.17: What is Jane Austen's style of writing?

Ans: Jane Austen's writing style is a mix of neoclassicism and romanticism. 

Q.18: Why is Jane Austen famous?

Ans: Jane Austen is famous for her social commentary. Austen created the comedy of manners of middle-class life in the England of her time

Q.19: What is the name of Jane Austen’s first novel?

Ans: Pride & Prejudice is the name of Jane Austen’s first novel .

Q.20: When was Pride & Prejudice Written?

Ans: Pride & Prejudice was written in 1796-97.

Q.21: When was Pride & Prejudice Published?

Ans: Pride & Prejudice was published in 1813.

Q.22: What is the major theme of Pride & Prejudice?

Ans: Pride & Prejudice deals with men and manners. It is a fine example of domestic comedy.

Q.23: Which novel famously opens with the line, ‘It is a truth universally acknowledged that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife’…..

Ans: Pride and Prejudice

Q.24: When was Jane Austen’s Northanger Abbey written?

Ans: Jane Austen’s Northanger Abbey was written in 1798.

Q.25: When was Jane Austen’s Northanger Abbey published?

Ans:  Jane Austen’s Northanger Abbey was published in 1818.

Q. 26: What type of novel is Northanger Abbey?

Ans: Northanger Abbey is a burlesque of the Radcliffian horror novel.

Q. 27: When was Jane Austen’s Sense & Sensibility written?

Ans: Jane Austen’s Sense & Sensibility was written in 1797-98.

Q.28: When was Jane Austen’s Sense & Sensibility published?

Ans: Jane Austen’s Sense & sensibility was published in 1811.

Q. 29: What do you know about Sense & Sensibility?

Ans: Sense & Sensibility is a fine example of the domestic comedy.

Q.30: When was Jane Austen’s Mansfield Park Written?

Ans: Jane Austen’s Mansfield Park was written in 1811-13.

Q. 31: When was Jane Austen’s Mansfield Park Published?

Ans: Jane Austen’s Mansfield Park was published in 1814.

Q.32: When was Jane Austen’s Emma written?

Ans: Jane Austen’s Emma was written in 1815.

Q.33: When was Jane Austen’s Emma published?

Ans: Jane Austen’s Emma was published in 1816.

Q.34: Which of Austen’s novels inspired the popular 1995 movie Clueless?

Ans: Emma inspired the popular 1995 movie Clueless.

Q.35: Austen dedicated Emma to which royal family member?

Ans: The Prince Regent.

Q.36: When was Jane Austen’s Persuasion published?

Ans: Jane Austen’s Persuasion was published in 1818 after her death.