Review
Test March 5
Web March 5
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Figures of speech almost absent
Her prose is filled with irony, satire, wit and
humor
Language is simple; vocabulary is learned
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Uses vocabulary with precision, with exactitude,
with conciseness
Language has a musical cadence
Structure is through conversations and letters.
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Characters revealed through conversations
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Collins and Mrs. Bennet through innane, insipid
remarks
Lady Catherine through her arrogant speeches and
bossy ways
Darcy through his letter
Lydia’ note to her family
Jane’s letter to her sister
Focus is on the portrait of middle class country life in
England
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An ability to draw
An ability to play the piano
A certain something in their air and manner of
walking
An ability to sing
An ability to be able to catch a rich husband
A large dowry
A dedication to surface manners and customs
An ability to observe all rules of decorum and
propriety
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An ability to hunt and shoot
And ability to dance
An ability to game and gamble at cards
An ability to make polite conversation at social
gatherings
To be of the landed gentry with much money at
their disposal
An ability to set a good horse
To be lively, affable, interesting
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Greed for money
Gossipy old women
Parents who were irresponsible
Arrogant women of wealth and position
Pride of social position
Giddy young girls
Jealousy over men
Mercenary mothers/clergymen
Pomposity on men and women
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Different types of marriages
How do Mrs. Bennet and Lady Catherine
balance each other in their vulgarity
Through Collins, we learn of how girls who ran
off as Lydia had done were supposed to be
treated by Christian society
What role did clergymen play during his 19th
century in England
List the many things you have learned
concerning Jane Austen’s world
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What causes a problem for the modern reader
concerning this kind of world
Why were lawyers, bankers, and businessmen,
who are highly respected today, not respected
socially acceptable then
Who should be the match for Collins
What character in the novel is most filled with
pride