Chapter 10 Practice Quiz — Pride and Prejudice
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Practice Quiz: Chapter 10
What is Darcy doing at the beginning of Chapter 10?
Writing a letter to his sister, Miss Darcy (Georgiana), while Miss Bingley watches and constantly interrupts with flattery.
How does Darcy respond to Miss Bingley's compliments about his letter-writing?
With "perfect unconcern" -- he gives short, dismissive answers and continues writing without encouraging her attention.
What are Mr. Hurst and Mr. Bingley doing while Darcy writes?
Playing piquet (a two-player card game).
What does Elizabeth do while observing Darcy and Miss Bingley?
She takes up needlework and is "sufficiently amused" watching their exchanges, finding the dialogue perfectly consistent with her opinion of each.
What does Miss Bingley say is her "rule" about letter writers?
That "a person who can write a long letter with ease, cannot write ill."
How does Bingley describe his own letter-writing style?
He says his ideas "flow so rapidly" that he has no time to express them, so his letters "sometimes convey no ideas at all."
What does Darcy say about the "appearance of humility"?
"Nothing is more deceitful than the appearance of humility. It is often only carelessness of opinion, and sometimes an indirect boast."
Why does Darcy call Bingley's self-deprecation an "indirect boast"?
Because Bingley is really proud of his hasty writing, considering it evidence of rapid thought and carelessness of execution, which he thinks is at least "highly interesting."
What example does Darcy use to prove Bingley is too easily persuaded?
He says if Bingley were mounting his horse to leave and a friend said "you had better stay till next week," Bingley would probably stay -- and might even remain a month.
What does Elizabeth argue Darcy allows "nothing for"?
"The influence of friendship and affection," arguing that regard for a friend should make one yield to a request without needing rational arguments.
How does Bingley try to end the debate between Darcy and Elizabeth?
With humor -- he jokes about Darcy being "a more awful object" at his own house "of a Sunday evening, when he has nothing to do," and asks them to defer the argument until he leaves the room.
What does Elizabeth notice about Darcy while Miss Bingley plays the pianoforte?
She notices that Mr. Darcy's eyes are frequently fixed on her, though she cannot understand why and assumes he is finding something to criticize.
What does Darcy ask Elizabeth after the Scotch air is played?
"Do not you feel a great inclination, Miss Bennet, to seize such an opportunity of dancing a reel?"
How does Elizabeth explain her refusal to dance?
She says she knows Darcy wanted her to say yes so he could "have the pleasure of despising my taste," and that she delights in "overthrowing those kind of schemes."
What does the narrator say about Darcy's feelings after Elizabeth refuses the dance?
"Darcy had never been so bewitched by any woman as he was by her. He really believed, that were it not for the inferiority of her connections, he should be in some danger."
What does Miss Bingley sarcastically suggest Darcy should do when he marries Elizabeth?
Give his "mother-in-law" hints about holding her tongue, cure the younger girls of running after officers, and check Elizabeth's "conceit and impertinence."
What does Miss Bingley suggest about the Phillipses' portraits?
That Darcy should hang their portraits in the gallery at Pemberley, next to his great-uncle the judge, since they are "in the same profession, only in different lines."
How does Darcy respond when Miss Bingley says no painter could do justice to Elizabeth's eyes?
He agrees it would be hard to catch their expression but says "their colour and shape, and the eyelashes, so remarkably fine, might be copied," revealing his genuine admiration.
What happens when Elizabeth encounters the walking group in the shrubbery?
Mrs. Hurst takes Darcy's free arm, leaving Elizabeth to walk alone since the path admits only three. Darcy suggests moving to a wider path, but Elizabeth cheerfully declines.
What does Elizabeth say about the walking group being "charmingly grouped"?
"You are charmingly grouped, and appear to uncommon advantage. The picturesque would be spoilt by admitting a fourth. Good-bye." She then runs off gaily.
What is Jane's condition by the end of Chapter 10?
She is "already so much recovered as to intend leaving her room for a couple of hours that evening."