Jane Austen Quiz

1. Harriet Smith had often alarmed Mrs. Goddard with what?

Headaches

Fainting

Very bad sore throats

2. What do Lady Bertram, Mr. Woodhouse, and Mrs. Charles Musgrove have in common?

They all die from illness

They all suffer from severe illness

They all fancy themselves invalids

3. What two conditions does Jane Bennet admit to when ill at Netherfield?

a fever and a light-head

a sore throat and a headache

a cough and a runny nose

4. Who says this? "I have such tremblings, such flutterings, all over me -- such spasms in my side and pains in my head, and such beatings at heart, that I can get no rest by night nor by day."

Mrs. Charles Musgrove

Mrs. Bennet

Mr. Woodhouse

5. Fill in the blanks. Previous surmises were that Jane Austen died of _______. New guesses are that it was __________.

Addison's disease, tuberculosis

Cancer, Addison's disease

Addison's disease, cancer

6. When Colonel Brandon finds Eliza at the poor-house she is in the last stages of what?

Small pox

Scarlet fever

Consumption

7. What was Marianne Dashwood pronounced to have when ailing at Cleveland?

a putrid fever

a broken heart

a nervous condition

8. This character’s fall from a horse and excessive drinking led to a fever then “strong hectic symptoms, which seemed to seize the frame on the departure of the fever.”

Tom Bertram

John Thorpe

Dick Musgrove

9. What does Marianne feel is connected with "aches, cramps, rheumatisms, and every species of ailment that can afflict the old and the feeble."

warm rum and water

a flannel waistcoat

sitting down at a ball

10. Mr. Woodhouse and Isabella argue over the best place to do what (according to the opinions of their medical men)?

Sea-bathe

Drink medicinal waters

Take an afternoon walk