A Modern Twist
Some questions about the new or modern films adapting Austen novels. What a mix!
1. In Lost in Austen Amanda switches times with Lizzie Bennet through what?
A hole in the ground A closet The pages of the novel
A hole in the ground
A closet
The pages of the novel
2. In Clueless, instead of the Robert Martin character being a farmer, he is what?
A skateboarder A nerd A cowboy
A skateboarder
A nerd
A cowboy
3. In Bride and Prejudice, Balraj is the modern-day equivalent of which character?
Bingley Wickham Darcy
Bingley
Wickham
Darcy
4. In Bridget Jones’ Diary, the actress who played her mother also starred in which Austen film?
Pride and Prejudice Mansfield Park Sense and Sensibility
Pride and Prejudice
Mansfield Park
Sense and Sensibility
5. In Bridget Jones’ Diary, instead of the Wickham character having tried to seduce Darcy’s sister, he did what?
Broke up his wedding Had an affair with his wife Got him fired
Broke up his wedding
Had an affair with his wife
Got him fired
6. In Bridget Jones: the Edge of Reason, Bridget’s jealousies of Darcy are modeled after the heroine in which novel?
Mansfield Park Persuasion Northanger Abbey
Persuasion
Northanger Abbey
7. Who will play Lizzie in the new film Pride and Prejudice and Zombies?
Billie Piper Miley Cyrus Natalie Portman
Billie Piper
Miley Cyrus
Natalie Portman
8. In You’ve Got Mail, the “Darcy” and “Lizzie” characters are what?
Business rivals Boss and employee Trying to buy the same house
Business rivals
Boss and employee
Trying to buy the same house
9. In Clueless the Emma character’s name is what?
Madonna Cher Oprah
Madonna
Cher
Oprah
10. Kandukondain Kandukondain! or I Have Found It, is an adaptation of which novel?
Sense and Sensibility Emma Mansfield Park
Emma