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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 47-83:.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What shows the other brother's intentions that Moll does not understand?
(a) he takes her out of the house.
(b) he kisses her and runs away.
(c) he proposes marriage.
(d) he gives her money.

2. What does Mrs. Betty (aka Moll) know that makes her vain?
(a) she has superior intelligence.
(b) she wears clothes well.
(c) she had longer hair than most girls.
(d) she is a great beauty.

3. How do Moll and the young woman next door get even with the young captain?
(a) by destroying his reputation.
(b) by fooling him into marrying a shrew.
(c) by sinking his ship.
(d) by picketing his house.

4. How does the elder brother begin his chase of Moll?
(a) slipping into her room at night.
(b) talking about her to his sisters.
(c) flirting with her in front of his mother.
(d) buying her expensive gifts.

5. What is the assumption left up to the reader in the Preface?
(a) Whether the story takes place in England or America.
(b) Whether the narrator is Moll or not.
(c) Whether Moll Flanders is good or bad.
(d) Whether the story is true or fiction.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator say results from any wicked action in the book?

2. What type of instruction does the narrator say is included in the story?

3. Who presses Betty to marry the younger brother?

4. To what does the narrator compare his novel?

5. Why does Mrs. Mayoress say Moll may become a gentlewoman for all they know?

(see the answer key)

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