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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Adams want from Trulliber?
(a) A house.
(b) A pig.
(c) A loan.
(d) A book.

2. Who loans money to Adams, Joseph, and Fanny when the hostess of the inn declines?
(a) An agent.
(b) A peddler.
(c) A priest.
(d) A bookseller.

3. Whose stable does Joseph go to at the age of ten?
(a) Andrews.
(b) Thomas Booby.
(c) Jezebel.
(d) Lady Booby.

4. What does the squire's retinue dunk Adams into?
(a) Froth.
(b) Milk.
(c) Water.
(d) Cider.

5. When Barnabas goes to get punch, what does the maid bring for Joseph to drink?
(a) Coffee.
(b) Tea.
(c) Milk.
(d) Chocolate.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Fielding satirize while describing biographies?

2. From what does Parson Adam's good heart stem?

3. In court, a justice mocks Adams when he is on trial because of the villain who said that he tried to __________ him.

4. Whose daughter is Harriet Hearty?

5. In Chapter 6, as Adams sleeps, Joseph indulges in a monologue about how the desire for honor should lead a man to ________.

Short Essay Questions

1. When Mrs. Slipslop's encourages Lady Booby to marry Joseph, why is Lady Booby indignant?

2. How does Fielding contrast biographies and romances?

3. What does Fielding introduce through the character of Barnabas in regards to clergy?

4. How are the natures of Adams and Mrs. Slipslop revealed in their responses to Joseph and Fanny's reunion?

5. When Adams's wife chides him on opposing the Booby household, what does Adam reveal about his inclinations?

6. Why does the squire pursue Adams, Joseph, and Fanny?

7. How does Fielding contrast Barnabas and the surgeon with Adams, Joseph, and Betty?

8. How are Wilson and Adams similar in virtue?

9. In what ways does Joseph reveal that he is maturing in how he responds to the gentleman's visit, differing from Adam's point of view?

10. Why is the inn hostess initially helpful to Adam?

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