How closely did you follow Elizabeth Bennet’s changing view of Mr Darcy? This five-question quiz checks key people, places, and events in Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice. Choose one answer for each question before you open the answer section. The page does not collect or store your answers.
Spoiler note: The questions cover the complete novel. Listen to the free Pride and Prejudice audiobook before taking the quiz if you want to discover the story first.
Five questions
1. How many daughters do Mr and Mrs Bennet have?
- A. Three
- B. Four
- C. Five
- D. Six
2. Who rents Netherfield Park near the Bennet family?
- A. Mr Bingley
- B. Mr Collins
- C. Mr Wickham
- D. Colonel Fitzwilliam
3. Whose marriage proposal does Elizabeth refuse at Longbourn?
- A. Mr Bingley’s
- B. Mr Bennet’s
- C. Mr Collins’s
- D. Sir William Lucas’s
4. What is the name of Mr Darcy’s estate?
- A. Rosings
- B. Longbourn
- C. Netherfield
- D. Pemberley
5. With whom does Lydia Bennet elope?
- A. Mr Wickham
- B. Mr Collins
- C. Mr Darcy
- D. Mr Bingley
Show answers and explanations
- C. Five. Jane, Elizabeth, Mary, Catherine, and Lydia are the five Bennet daughters.
- A. Mr Bingley. The arrival of the wealthy, unmarried Bingley at Netherfield creates the first excitement in the Bennet household.
- C. Mr Collins’s. Collins proposes to Elizabeth at Longbourn. She clearly refuses him, and he later becomes engaged to Charlotte Lucas.
- D. Pemberley. Elizabeth visits Darcy’s estate in Derbyshire with her aunt and uncle, the Gardiners.
- A. Mr Wickham. Lydia leaves Brighton with Wickham. The event places her future and the family’s reputation in danger.
Use your result
A perfect score shows that you followed the main family links and turning points. If you missed a question, return to the chapter that introduces the person or place. Then consider a deeper question: which new fact changes Elizabeth’s judgement most, and why does that change matter?
Text and editorial source
Questions and explanations are original BookAud editorial content, checked against Jane Austen’s text, Project Gutenberg eBook 1342. The source page identifies the 1813 novel, its author, and its public-domain status in the United States. This quiz is not a separate recording or adaptation of the novel.