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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 1-15:.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Moll want to become?
(a) a dancer.
(b) a wife and mother.
(c) a singer.
(d) a gentlewoman.

2. At what age do the magistrates declare that Moll should go into service?
(a) age ten.
(b) age eight.
(c) age twelve.
(d) age six.

3. How does Moll get away from the gypsies?
(a) by running to a policeman.
(b) by being sold by the gypsies.
(c) by hiding herself.
(d) by finding her mother.

4. Why does she use the name of Moll Flanders?
(a) she read it in a newspaper.
(b) most people know that alias.
(c) she likes the sound of it.
(d) her nurse gave the name to her.

5. Why does the narrator say that the ugly and wicked part of a person's life must be presented?
(a) to warn people about living such a life.
(b) to show the beauty of penitence may be appreciated.
(c) to show the reasons penitence is needed.
(d) to make the story more interesting to readers.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does the mistress come to talk with Moll while she sews a shirt?

2. To what does the narrator compare his novel?

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

4. How does Moll propose to make her own living?

5. What does the narrator say about the final scene in the story?

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