Summary/ Analysis: Jane Austen's Sense and Sensibility

Who are the two sisters at the heart of 'Sense and Sensibility'?

• Lucy and Fanny Steele

• Elinor and Marianne Dashwood

• Marianne and Margaret Dashwood

• Mrs. Dashwood and Lady Middleton

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What forces the Dashwood sisters to leave their home at Norland Park?

• Their father's death and inheritance laws

• A disagreement with their landlord

• A natural disaster

• They decided to travel the world

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Who provides a cottage for the Dashwood family on his estate?

• John Willoughby

• Edward Ferrars

• Colonel Brandon

• Sir John Middleton

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Who does Marianne Dashwood fall in love with?

• Edward Ferrars

• John Willoughby

• Robert Ferrars

• Colonel Brandon

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Who was secretly engaged to Edward Ferrars for several years?

• Elinor Dashwood

• Lucy Steele

• Marianne Dashwood

• Fanny Dashwood

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Who marries Edward Ferrars?

• Miss Grey

• Elinor Dashwood

• Marianne Dashwood

• Lucy Steele

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What theme does the novel suggest requires balance for happiness?

• Education and ignorance

• Youth and age

• Head and heart

• Wealth and poverty

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Who ends up marrying Colonel Brandon?

• Marianne Dashwood

• Lucy Steele

• Fanny Dashwood

• Elinor Dashwood

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