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1. 1.

   Read the words in the two boxes. Combine them correctly to get the names of some novels written during the nineteenth century. Write the complete names on the blanks.

   Pride and Great The Three Sense and Dr Jekyll and Treasure

   Musketeers  Sensibility Prejudice  Island  Mr Hyde Expectations

    

2. 2.

   The characters in the novel from which the following extract is taken, often have to make choices and take crucial decisions. How do you make your choices or take decisions? Fill in this table with two examples in each column.

   I make these choices and decisions myself	I make these choices and decisions with others	Others make these choices and decisions for me
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3. 3.

   Complete these sentences in your own words.

   1. Jane couldn't have come back from Netherfield because ___________________________.
   2. Mrs Bennet did not know till the next morning that ___________________________.
   3. The doctor advised Jane to ___________________________.
   4. Elizabeth agreed to Miss Bingley's offer of staying back because ___________________________.
4. 4.

   "The distance is nothing when one has a motive; only three miles. I shall be back by dinner."

   1. Who spoke these words and to whom?
   2. What was the 'motive'?
   3. Did the speaker come back by dinner? Why?
5. 5.

   "If we make haste, "said Lydia..."

   1. Who was Lydia and 'we'?
   2. Why did Lydia want to make haste?
   3. Where did Lydia finally go to?
6. 6.

   Why were Mrs Hurst and Miss Bingley surprised to see Elizabeth?