Sense and Sensibility Characters

What prompted Mrs. Dashwood to leave John and Fanny's house?

• She was angered by Fanny's disapproval of Elinor and Edward
• Her loss made her want to return to her childhood home
• She wanted her daughters to be near the men who loved them
• She was furious they would leave her daughters no money

Marianne differed from Elinor in that she --

• could not hide her emotions
• had little regard for her mother
• confided in Mrs. Jennings
• immediately liked Colonel Brandon

Who was somewhat suspicious of Willoughby on his departure from Barton?

• Mrs. Dashwood
• Marianne
• Elinor
• Edward

What did Edward possess that provided a clue to a prior attachment?

• a small portrait, which he kept in his pocket
• a perfume-scented handkerchief
• a woman's hair ribbon
• a lock of hair enclosed in a ring

Why didn't Elinor tell Marianne or her mother of Edward's engagement?

• She didn't want to make them feel worse than they did
• She had promised Lucy she would keep their secret
• She felt too humiliated to share her grief with anyone
• Colonel Brandon encouraged her to keep it to herself

How was Lady Middleton different from her husband and mother?

• She openly disliked the Miss Steeles
• She could not keep secrets and was always speculating
• She did not trust Col. Brandon's intentions toward Marianne
• She was cold and indifferent to everyone but her children

Lucy's feeling for Elinor was mainly that of --

• childlike adoration
• guilt
• jealousy
• true love and friendship

Willoughby's dismissal of Marianne was completed by --

• the return of her portrait
• his departure from Barton cottage
• the arrival of his letter
• the public announcement of his engagement at the ball

Marianne could not blame Willoughby too much because she --

• felt Mrs. Smith made him break the engagement
• knew he felt only friendship for her
• had always known of his prior attachment
• had not been officially engaged to him

One reason Colonel Brandon loved Marianne was because she --

• had expressed such kindness toward Eliza
• reminded him of another woman he had loved
• read Shakespeare's sonnets as no one else could
• was so like him in taste and temperament