So You Think You Know Jane Austen?: A Literary Quizbook

by John Sutherland and Deirdre Le Faye

Book Overview

How well do you really know your favorite author? In this new book, ace literary detective turned quizmaster John Sutherland and Austen buff Deirdre Le Faye challenge you to find out. Starting with easy, factual questions that test how well you remember a novel and its characters, the quiz progresses to a level of greater difficulty, demanding close reading and interpretative deduction. What really motivates the characters, and what is going on beneath...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199538999
• ISBN13: 9780199538997
• Release Date: June 2009
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.0" x 7.6"

Customer Reviews

Awesome Book for Jane Austen Lovers!

Great book! It really makes you think deep regarding the charachters motives behind their actions, that are not neccesarily evident in the reading. It really tests your knowledge about the history as well. It is definitely worth buying.

Janeites Alert!

If you think you know Jane Austen's works in depth, take these quizzes and see what you've missed. I was surprised at how many things I didn't remember and I'm a true Janeite!

Test your knowledge of Jane Austen books

Defininately for any Jane Austen buff. This quizbook is broken down into 4 levels ascending difficult questions per each of Jane Austen's 6 books. The first level, "Brass Tacks", contains purely fact based questions. For example in Sense and Sensibility, 'what are Willoughby's last words to Elinor?' The second level, "Factual but Tricky", contains slightly harder fact based questions. Such as in Emma, 'why does Harriet hate Italian singing?' The book says that the third level, "Very Tricky--and Occasionally Deductive," 'approaches mastermind difficulty in terms of factual reference and involvees some interpretative deduction as well.' For example, in Pride and Prejudice, 'why does Elizabeth take such a tender interest in Jane's marriage affairs, and so little in those of her younger sisters?' Last but not least, the fourth level questions, "The Interpretative Zone", are mostly deduction and spectulation. One of these questions in the Persuasion section is 'We learn, in the last pages, that William Elliot has been playing a very cunning double game. What is that game, and why is he playing it?' Then the answers to these questions are in the back of the book.

Intellectual Fun

If you love Jane Austen's work as much as I do, then this is a nice way to spend your time testing your perception of her novels and even seeing things you may not have noticed before. I do not recommend it to those students who like to read notes instead of the actual work, they'll surely end up just memorizing facts and not really getting to know the work.