Jane Austen

Which of these sentences about the status of women in Jane Austen’s time is true?

• Educated women could take up professions like medicine and law

• Women could inherit money and dispose of it

• Marriage was the only means for women to gain social mobility

• Single women enjoyed better opportunities in professional life

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Jane Austen

• Went to college

• Was home-educated

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Her novels are set

• In provincial England

• In London

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The protagonists of her novels are

• Children

• Young men

• Middle-aged men

• Young women

• Middle-aged women

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Do her novels have a happy ending?

• Yes, always

• Sometimes, not all stories have a happy ending

• No, never

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"Loose Adaptations" are very popular with the works of Jane Austen. How do her books lend themselves to "loose adaptations"?

• They are written in the most colorful language.

• Even though they were written hundreds of years ago, Austen is known for the slang terms she created.

• People always want to know "what happens next" with Austen's characters.

• Austen wrote about universal themes that people still care about today like love, social expectations, and gender roles.

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Which of Austen's works was first adapted for the Silver Screen?

• Sense and Sensibility

• Pride and Prejudice

• Emma

• Persuasion

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Of Jane Austen's works, which has spawned the most modern interpretations and adaptations?

• Emma

• Sanditon

• Sense and Sensibility

• Pride and Prejudice

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What is the term fans loving call themselves when they are devoted to Jane Austen and her work?

• Jane-heads

• Janeisms

• Janeites

• Janeophiles

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Why do so many screenwriters and book authors look to adapt the works of Jane Austen?

• They have nothing else to write.

• They know her work appeals to a wide- range of females.

• They know her work has been popular in the past.

• They want to try something new with her work.

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