Pride and Prejudice, Chapter 30 quiz

Questions and answers

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   Question 1. How long does Sir William Lucas stay at Hunsford before departing in Chapter 30?

   • Three days, just long enough to attend one dinner at Rosings and see the grounds
   • Correct answer: Only a week, but long enough to be convinced Charlotte is comfortably settled
   • A full fortnight, during which Mr. Collins shows him every corner of Kent
   • Ten days, leaving early because Lady Catherine's formality makes him uncomfortable

   "Sir William stayed only a week at Hunsford, but his visit was long enough to convince him of his daughter's being most comfortably settled."

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   Question 2. How does Mr. Collins spend most of his time between breakfast and dinner?

   • Entertaining Elizabeth with tours of the neighborhood and readings from Fordyce's Sermons
   • Visiting parishioners and writing sermons in the dining-parlour with Charlotte's assistance
   • Correct answer: Working in the garden, reading and writing in his book-room, or looking out the window at the road
   • Driving out in his gig to show visitors the country, as he did every morning while Sir William stayed

   "The chief of the time between breakfast and dinner was now passed by him either at work in the garden or in reading and writing, and looking out of the window in his own book-room, which fronted the road."

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   Question 3. Why does Charlotte choose a back-facing room for the ladies to sit in?

   • Because Lady Catherine instructed her that the front rooms should be reserved for formal entertaining
   • Because the dining-parlour fronts the lane, and Charlotte does not wish to be seen by every passing carriage
   • Because the back room has better natural light for needlework and reading throughout the day
   • Correct answer: Because Mr. Collins would spend much less time in his own apartment if they sat in an equally lively room

   "She soon saw that her friend had an excellent reason for what she did, for Mr. Collins would undoubtedly have been much less in his own apartment had they sat in one equally lively."

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   Question 4. What does Mr. Collins regularly report to the ladies from his front-facing book-room?

   • Correct answer: Which carriages go along the lane, and especially how often Miss de Bourgh drives by in her phaeton
   • The progress of his garden plantings and whether the weather is suitable for outdoor exercise
   • Letters and messages delivered by the post rider and any packages arriving from London shops
   • News of visitors arriving at neighboring estates and updates on parish business from passing clergymen

   "They were indebted to Mr. Collins for the knowledge of what carriages went along, and how often especially Miss de Bourgh drove by in her phaeton, which he never failed coming to inform them of."

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   Question 5. What does Lady Catherine do during her visits to the Parsonage?

   • She discusses parish matters with Mr. Collins in private while Charlotte serves tea to the ladies
   • She brings gifts of preserves and flowers from the Rosings gardens and compliments Charlotte's housekeeping
   • Correct answer: She examines their work, finds fault with the furniture, detects the housemaid in negligence, and judges the meat portions
   • She reads aloud from improving books and quizzes the ladies on their knowledge of history and geography

   "She examined into their employments, looked at their work, and advised them to do it differently; found fault with the arrangement of the furniture; or detected the housemaid in negligence."

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   Question 6. How does Elizabeth describe Lady Catherine's role in the parish?

   • A distant aristocrat who delegates parish affairs entirely to Mr. Collins and never visits the village herself
   • An eccentric recluse whose influence is limited to Rosings Park and who rarely meddles in village concerns
   • A generous benefactress who quietly provides charity to every family without expecting gratitude in return
   • Correct answer: Though not officially in commission of the peace, a most active magistrate who settles disputes and scolds cottagers into harmony

   "Though this great lady was not in commission of the peace of the county, she was a most active magistrate in her own parish... she sallied forth into the village to settle their differences, silence their complaints, and scold them into harmony and plenty."

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   Question 7. How often does the Collins family dine at Rosings?

   • Correct answer: About twice a week, with each dinner being essentially the counterpart of the first one they attended
   • Every other day during the week, with Lady Catherine sending her carriage to collect them each time
   • Three times a week at first, though less often once Sir William leaves and only one card-table is needed
   • Once a week on Sundays after church, which Mr. Collins considers the great honor of his life

   "The entertainment of dining at Rosings was repeated about twice a week; and... every such entertainment was the counterpart of the first."

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   Question 8. Where is Elizabeth's favorite walk during her stay at Hunsford?

   • Through Mr. Collins's two meadows, now that the white frost has gone and the ground is dry enough for walking
   • Correct answer: Along a sheltered path in an open grove edging Rosings Park, where no one else goes and Lady Catherine cannot reach
   • Around the Parsonage garden that Mr. Collins tends, where she helps Charlotte with the flower beds
   • Down Hunsford Lane past the lodges, where she can watch the carriages and Miss de Bourgh's phaeton going to and from Rosings

   "Her favourite walk... was along the open grove which edged that side of the park, where there was a nice sheltered path, which no one seemed to value but herself, and where she felt beyond the reach of Lady Catherine's curiosity."

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   Question 9. Why is Elizabeth partly amused by the prospect of Darcy's arrival at Rosings?

   • She plans to interrogate him about Bingley's sudden departure from Netherfield in front of his aunt
   • She hopes to embarrass him by recounting Wickham's story about the denied inheritance to Colonel Fitzwilliam
   • Correct answer: She looks forward to seeing how hopeless Miss Bingley's designs on him are, given his evident destiny to marry Miss de Bourgh
   • She looks forward to hearing Lady Catherine speak of him in terms of the highest admiration, after all Wickham has told her of him

   "She might be amused in seeing how hopeless Miss Bingley's designs on him were, by his behaviour to his cousin, for whom he was evidently destined by Lady Catherine."

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    Question 10. How does Mr. Collins learn of Darcy's arrival at Rosings?

    • Charlotte spots the carriage from an upstairs window and sends Collins running to the park gates to greet it
    • Miss de Bourgh stops at the Parsonage in her phaeton to deliver the news that her cousins have arrived
    • Lady Catherine sends a servant with an express note announcing her nephew's carriage is approaching the park
    • Correct answer: He walks within view of the lodges all morning, bows as the carriage turns into the park, and hurries home with the news

    "Mr. Collins was walking the whole morning within view of the lodges opening into Hunsford Lane, in order to have the earliest assurance of it, and after making his bow as the carriage turned into the Park, hurried home with the great intelligence."

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    Question 11. Who accompanies Mr. Darcy to Rosings?

    • Charles Bingley and his sister Caroline, who have been visiting Darcy at his London townhouse
    • Correct answer: Colonel Fitzwilliam, the younger son of Darcy's uncle Lord ----, who is about thirty and most truly a gentleman
    • Mr. Wickham, who has unexpectedly reconciled with Darcy and accompanies him as a show of goodwill
    • Georgiana Darcy, his younger sister, whom Lady Catherine has invited to become better acquainted with Miss de Bourgh

    "Mr. Darcy had brought with him a Colonel Fitzwilliam, the younger son of his uncle Lord ----." He is described as "about thirty, not handsome, but in person and address most truly the gentleman."

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    Question 12. What does Charlotte say when Darcy and Colonel Fitzwilliam visit the Parsonage?

    • Correct answer: She credits Elizabeth, teasing that "Mr. Darcy would never have come so soon to wait upon me" without her
    • She warmly welcomes both gentlemen and asks Mr. Collins to show them the garden improvements immediately
    • She whispers to Elizabeth that Darcy's visit is unprecedented and that Lady Catherine must have sent them
    • She apologizes for the modesty of her home and insists that they must find Rosings far more comfortable

    "I may thank you, Eliza, for this piece of civility. Mr. Darcy would never have come so soon to wait upon me." Charlotte implies Darcy's visit is motivated by Elizabeth's presence.

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    Question 13. How do Darcy and Colonel Fitzwilliam differ in behavior during their visit to the Parsonage?

    • Darcy monopolizes the conversation with news from London while Colonel Fitzwilliam defers politely to his cousin
    • Darcy is surprisingly warm and talkative while Colonel Fitzwilliam remains reserved and watchful throughout
    • Correct answer: Colonel Fitzwilliam enters conversation with readiness and ease, while Darcy sits silently for some time after a brief remark
    • Both gentlemen are equally reserved, speaking only when directly addressed by Charlotte or Mr. Collins

    "Colonel Fitzwilliam entered into conversation directly with the readiness and ease of a well-bred man, and talked very pleasantly; but his cousin, after having addressed a slight observation on the house and garden to Mrs. Collins, sat for some time without speaking to anybody."

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    Question 14. Why does Elizabeth mention to Darcy that Jane has been in London for three months?

    • She is making polite conversation and genuinely hopes Darcy has encountered Jane at social gatherings in town
    • She wants to embarrass Darcy by revealing that the Bennet family knows he interfered with Jane's happiness
    • She wants Darcy to arrange a meeting between Jane and Bingley so the couple can reconcile their relationship
    • Correct answer: She wants to test whether he will betray any consciousness of what had passed between the Bingleys and Jane

    "She was perfectly sensible that he never had; but she wished to see whether he would betray any consciousness of what had passed between the Bingleys and Jane, and she thought he looked a little confused as he answered."

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    Question 15. How does Darcy respond when Elizabeth asks whether he has seen Jane in London?

    • He denies knowing Jane was in London and quickly changes the subject to the weather in Kent
    • Correct answer: He looks a little confused and says he has never been so fortunate as to meet Miss Bennet in town
    • He admits that he saw Jane once at a concert but did not have the opportunity to speak with her directly
    • He blushes deeply and confesses that Bingley's sisters told him Jane was visiting but he chose not to inform Bingley

    "She thought he looked a little confused as he answered that he had never been so fortunate as to meet Miss Bennet. The subject was pursued no farther, and the gentlemen soon afterwards went away."

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