The+Web+Quest+Answers

Here are the answers to the questions on the webquest. Enjoy!

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===Please proceed to the middle of the page with the blue links to see several different page options. Under "Foundation" click on "Regency Period" to learn more about Jane Austen's time period. Then answer the following questions!===

1. When did the Regency Period begin? It officially began when the Prince of Wales assumed the role of Prince Regent when his father, King George III, was considered unfit to keep ruling.

2. Why was King George III considered unfit to rule? What is an example of what he said that showed his "illness"? He suffered from multiple disorders and symptoms that eventually led his behavior to become erratic, unpredictable, and just plain mad! For example, instead of calling his royal court "My Lords and Ladies," he called them "My Lords and Peacocks."

3. When Austen finished which novel, what did the Prince Regent give her the "honor" to do? When Austen finished Emma, the Prince Regent gave her the honor to dedicate it to him. She was not too happy about this.

4. When did the Prince Regent finally take the throne and what was his new title? He took over the throne in 1820 after his father died to become King George IV.

*Now proceed to the box with all the links again and choose "Rank and Class" to learn of the addressing terms used back in Austen's time period to answer the next 2 questions.*
5. How would you address the nobility and who belongs to this class? They are called Lord/Lady and the duke, marquis, earl, viscount, and baron belong to this class.

6. How do you distinguish between a noble lady and a non-noble lady (the wife of a nobleman, but not born of nobility herself)? The first and last name is used with a noblewoman and her title wheras a non-noble lady would only be addressed by her last name and title.

Read the page about Jane Austen's life and answer the following questions.
1. Was Austen a publicly acknowledged writer when she was alive? No, she was never formally known during her lifetime.

2. When and where was Austen born? December 16, 1775, at Steventon Rectory in Hampshire.

3. Who were Austen's brothers and what were their professions? -Francis and Charles: Officers in the royal navy who also served in the Napoleonic Wars. -Henry: Clergyman -James: Officer in the militia and a banker. -Edward: Adopted by wealthy cousins, the Knights, and inherited their estate.

4. What was Austen's first mature work and when did she write it? Lady Susan at about age 19.

5. In 1809, to where did Austen move? Why is this considered the beginning of Austen's most productive period? Austen moved to the village of Chawton and this is her most productive period because she published the following novels: Sense and Sensibility, Pride and Prejudice, Mansfield Park, and Emma.

6. When did Austen die? What illness caused her death? What novel was left incomplete due to her death? Austen died July 18, 1817 from Addison's Disease, leaving Sanditon incomplete.

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1. How old was Austen when she began Pride and Prejudice? 21

2. What was Pride and Prejudice originally called? First Impressions

3. What year did Austen's father offer the Pride and Prejudice manuscript to a publisher and what happened? 1797, to Cadell, the London publisher who declined to consider it.

4. When Sense and Sensibility was published, what was stated on the title page? It stated the story was "By a Lady".

5. In 1803, Austen sold what draft to a publisher, but what actually happened to the manuscript? She sold Susan (later renamed as Northanger Abbey) which was not published. In 1816, Austen recovered the manuscript.

6. What two novels were published posthumously? Northanger Abbey and Persuasion

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1. What is the genre of Persuasion? A comedy of manners which depicts the social relations of a particular class of people.

2. Who is part of the gentry class? Landowners, lawyers, Anglican parsons, officers in the army and navy, and country doctors.

3. Who was part of the lower class? Tenant farmers, servants, laborers, and factory workers.

4. What does Austen satirize in Persuasion and give an example of how she does this? Class snobbery beginning with Sir Walter Elliot's obssessive reading of his family's history in Bebrett's Baronetage.

5. How can a person's class be distinguished? A person's class can be distinguished through their dress, educational level, accent, and income.

6. In Austen's time what does "candour" mean? What does it mean now? During Jane Austen's time, it meant: sympathy, freedom from malice. Nowadays, it means frankness or bluntness.

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1. Which book was voted the British nation's top book? Pride and Prejudice

2. Who played Fitzwilliam Darcy in BBC's Pride and Prejudice? What famous scene was he in? Colin Firth, who "strode out of a lake in a wet shirt and breeches."

3. What do experts sat that makes Austen "stand out from other writers"? Th e creation of her characters, the clever dialogue, and the irony.

4. There are some people who do not like Austen's works. Which 19th century romantic writers do they prefer? The Bronte Sisters

5. Who wrote a screen play for Sense and Sensibility that made Austen more popular? What did this person win? Emma Thompson made Austen more popular with her screen play which she won an oscar for.

6. What two things are Austen's novels about and why do her books still interest us? They are about romantic love and family life which hasn't changed at all since she was born. Her books interest us because their topics still "absorb and annoy us".

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1. Apparently, what day of the week does many of the pivotal events in Austen's novels occur? Tuesday

2. Name an event that happened on this day in Sense and Sensibility? Mr. Willoughby snubs Marianne.

3. Name an event that happened on this day in Pride and Prejudice? The Netherfield Ball where the Bennet family makes a fool out of themselves.

4. Name an event that happened on this day in Persuasion? Anne Elliot finally confesses to Captain Wentworth that she loves him after his love letter,

5. What historical event happened to this person that Austen may have sympathized with? Mary Queen of Scots had a "bad night one Tuesday in 1585" which led to her execution the next day.

6. Do you believe that Austen deliberately made these pivotal events happen on this day or is it all just an uncanny coincidence? It is all probably just an uncanny coincidence. There are only 7 days to choose from anyway!

Read the following page about marriage during Austen's time. Then answer the following questions.
1. What three things were not open to women during Austen's time? Professional jobs, politics, and an education at universities.

2. What is an example of an occupation available to women? Was it a highly respected one? Governess (live-in teacher for children of a family) were not highly respected and did not have good pay either.

3. How did "genteel" women get money? They either married for it or inherited it.

4. Was Jane Austen considered on of the few women professionals? Why or why not? She was not considered a professional. She only earned an average of about 100 pounds a year from her novel writing and her family expenses were 4 times that amount.

5. Could unmarried woman live by themselves? Name the historical figure who had to live with her mother until she was married. Unmarried women could not live by themselves; they had to live with their families or approved "protectors." Even Queen Victoria had to live with her mother until she married Albert.

6. Why was entering into a state of marriage extremely serious business? Besides for financial reasons and to escape a family situation, marriage was almost always for life. English divorce law before 1857 was an extremely difficult and convoluted matter.

1. How old is Fitzwilliam Darcy and how would his friends describe him? He is 28 and his friends would describe him as: dignified, intelligent, reliable, devoted, generous, and sincere.

2. How much does Frederick Wentworth earn? What are his favorite things? 25,000 pounds net worth (approximately $15,000,000 today). His favorite things are music, dancing, and spending time with his old friends.

3. What are some of the games and exercise that William Collins enjoy? Whist, backgammon, casino, quadrille, walking

4. Who is the oldest gentleman on the list provided? George Knightley (from Emma)

5. Click on "Most Popular?" Who is the most popular male character? Fitzwilliam Darcy

6. Who is the least popular character? John Thorpe