The quiz

Which Austen heroine are you?

Six questions. Six heroines. One honest answer. No Mr. Collins involved.

01Someone you barely know insults you at a party. You…
Repeat the story to your friends until it becomes your best anecdote.Say nothing, but quietly decide never to be in a room with them again.Wonder whether they had a point, then think about it for three days.Feel it deeply and tell everyone exactly how wounded you are.Smile politely and get on with making sure the evening runs smoothly.Decide they simply need a better friend, and that friend should be you.
02Pick your ideal Saturday.
A long walk alone, ideally muddy, ideally three miles.A gothic novel and a thunderstorm.Hosting a dinner where you have carefully planned who sits next to whom.Poetry, music and a dramatic view.Getting the household budget in order, then a quiet drawing session.A walk by the sea and a long conversation about books.
03Your love life, honestly:
I turned down someone rich because he was rude. No regrets.I fall fast and completely. Moderation is for other people.I said no once and have been thinking about it for eight years.I keep my feelings private, even when it costs me.I am far too busy arranging other people’s love lives.I may have imagined some of it. But the parts I didn’t imagine are lovely.
04Your biggest flaw is…
Judging people too quickly.Assuming I know best.Letting other people talk me out of what I want.Saying exactly what I feel, whenever I feel it.Carrying everyone else’s problems so they don’t have to.An overactive imagination.
05Pick a line to live by.
My courage rises with every attempt to intimidate me.Feel everything. Say everything.Someone has to be the sensible one.It is never too late for a second chance.I could fix this town if they would only listen.Real life is stranger than any novel. Probably.
06Your friends would describe you as…
Clever, funny and impossible to boss around.Loyal, steady and the person everyone calls in a crisis.Kind, perceptive and underestimated.Passionate, artistic and a little bit dramatic.Confident, generous and slightly meddling.Sweet, honest and very easy to surprise.