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Q1. Read the given passane below and answer the questions that follow
in Steventon, Rectory. Hampshire, Jane Austen belonged to an upper middle family and
"oyed all comforts. She and her sister Cassandra had their first lessons from their mother, but later completed
their schooling from Oxford, South Hampton
Both enjoyed reading poetry and creat works of Shakespeare. At the of 12 Auton ally and
writing short humorous stories. Her first full length novel titled Elmorand Mariannesartadinhelate to.At
the age of 22. she wrote "First Impressions and later Pride and Prejudice Jane Austen hos portrayed her
novel things like niceties of decorum, petry jealousies, vanity and affection. She has dealt with the superficiales
of life. "Pride and Prejudice is the most interesting novel and the most popular be of interesting plot
rich comedy, supreme theme, the sparkling life of characters, a freshness of the scenery A year or w ater she
completed "Susan" which was retiled "Northanger Abbey Family circumstances made halve Stevent and
she left for Bath, but the memories of her widowed Sister, her friends and relatives the family rectory and the
countryside haunted her and she could not be happy at Bath
Like Casandra, Jane also had a love affair with a doctor but it ended in a tragedy. After her father's death in 1805
she got support of her brother Edward and began a comfortable life with a renewed interest. At the age of 41 she
died and her two novels Persuasion" and "Northanger Abbey were published atter her death
Al Based on reading of the passage, choose the correct option to answer the questions that follow
(i) How do you know that Jane was bom with the spark for literary writing?
(a) She wrote short humorous stories.
(b) She used to read poetry and great works of Shakespeare at an early age.
(c) "Pride and Prejudice is the most interesting novel.
(in) Why could Jane not be happy at Bath?
(a) She missed everything about her life at the countryside.
(b) Two of her books were published after her death
(c) After her father's death, her brother was supporting her
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how do you know that jane was born with a spark for literary writing?
she used to read poetry and great works of shakespear at an early age.
Why could jane not be happy at bath?
She missed everything about her life at the countryside.
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