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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. In "Fielding's Guidance of the Reader's Attitudes in Book 1, Chapters 1-11," the narrator in "Joseph Andrews" is a _____ character.
(a) Kind.
(b) Loving.
(c) Forgiving.
(d) Complex.

2. Whose attempt to seduce Destiny is stopped by the arrival of Ragotin?
(a) Cicero.
(b) Roman.
(c) Bouvillon.
(d) Fielding.

3. What is the first value a clergyman must possess according to Fielding?
(a) Kindness.
(b) Humility.
(c) Love.
(d) Grace.

4. What is Shamela warned about not repeating in Letter 3 by Henrietta?
(a) Her folly with Henry.
(b) Her folly with Booby.
(c) Her folly with Andrews.
(d) Her folly with Williams.

5. In what periodical is an article written that finds Mr. Adams makes an agreeable character due to his innocence?
(a) The Priest.
(b) The Writer.
(c) The Author.
(d) The Student.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Letter 2, what does Shamela say about the squire?

2. When Joseph notices Didapper try to lay hold of Fanny, what ensues shortly thereafter?

3. When Lady Booby surprises Adams's household with her arrival, who does she try to set Fanny up with?

4. Whose bed does Didapper jump into, thinking it belongs to Fanny?

5. What character does James Beattie think Fielding brings to masterly invention in Joseph Andrews?

Short Essay Questions

1. In "An Essay on the Knowledge of the Characters of Men," what does Fielding say about deceit?

2. In Martin C. Battlestin's "Thematic Meaning and Structure," what motifs are revealed?

3. Why is Pamela uncomfortable at the Lincolnshire estate where she is abducted?

4. In "Essay on Good Nature," what does Fielding say about good and ill nature?

5. How does the peddler assist Joseph in finding his true identity?

6. How does the squire respond to Don Quixote's request regarding the boy in "The Life and Adventures of the Renown'd Don Quixote"?

7. Why is Pamela called Shamela by a clergyman?

8. How does Fielding define charity?

9. How is Le Roman Comique similar to Joseph Andrews?

10. Why does Shamela plot to seduce Mr. Booby?

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