QuizMe

1: When was Jane Collier christened?

Jan 1716

Jan 1714

Jan 1715

2: Where was she christened?

Langton Magma, Hampshire

Langford Magna, Wiltshire

Shepton Mallet, Somerset

3: Where did she grow up?

Winchester

Bath

Sailsbury

4: What did her philosopher father publish?

Clavis Universalis (1713)

Cladis Humblis (1724)

5: What year was David Simple published?

1746

1748

1744

6: When did she make the first entry in her commonplace book?

June 1748

July 1748

May 1748

7: What item in the book suggests a lost lover?

Sonnet on death

Tragic essay on the perils of spinsterhood

6-line poem lamenting the death of 'Damon'

8: What was the subject of a letter written to Richardson in Oct 1748?

Corporal punishment in 'The Governess'

The death of her brother

Fire scene in Clarissa

9: What editorial input did she have on 'The Governess'

Assisted with story outline

Read and corrected proofs

Wrote a chapter

10: What did Jane send to Richardson in the summer of 1749?

A lock of her own hair

A draft of her 'Essay' for him to read

Commentaries on 'Clarissa'

11: What year did she move in with Sarah Fielding?

1751

1748

1750

12: What year was Volume the Last published?

1752

1751

1753

13: What was Collier's role?

Encouraged Fielding to write sequel

Liaised with publishers on Collier's behalf?

Probably wrote preface

14: What precise date is 'An Essay on the Art of Ingeniously Tormenting' published?

18th March 1753

18th March 1754

18th March 1752

15: What published it?

Thomas Cadell

Dodesley

Samuel Richardson for A. Miller

16: To whom was the Essay attributed?

No one, it was published anonymously

Miss Collyer

A Lady

17: When was The Cry published?

April 1754

May 1754

Mar 1754

18: When is Collier buried?

Mar 1754 (3 weeks after The Cry is published)

Mar 1754 (3 days after The Cry is published)

19: Who transcribes her commonplace book?

Margaret Collier

Samuel Richardson

Sarah Fielding

20: What appears in 1757?

A poem lamenting Collier's death

A mezzotint of Collier

A revised edition of Collier's Essay with reference to The Cry

21: To whom is the 1804 edition attributed?

Anon.

Miss Jenny Collyer

Sarah Fielding

The Invisible Girl

22: What did Richardson write to Sarah Fielding after Collier's death?

"Don't you miss our dear Miss Jenny Collier more and more?-I do

I'm glad she's dead.