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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. When does Moll realize the older brother only wants her as a mistress?
(a) when he gives her 100 guineas and a promise for that much each year.
(b) when he stops talking about love and marriage.
(c) when he tells her he is engaged to another lady.
(d) when he gives her £1000 to leave town..

2. What does the gentleman at Bath give Moll?
(a) a small drawer full of gold coins.
(b) a diamond ring.
(c) a cheque for £1,000.
(d) a letter of credit.

3. What does Moll persuade the mistress to allow her to do?
(a) live in her house.
(b) find a husband.
(c) go to school.
(d) run away.

4. How old is Moll when she is taken in by a kind woman?
(a) not above three-years-old.
(b) just turning twelve.
(c) only one year old.
(d) just a baby.

5. What does the narrator say the problem is with writing such a story of three decades of crime?
(a) that readers may question how the author knows about crime.
(b) that vicious readers may turn it to the author's disadvantage.
(c) that the writer may become terribly depressed.
(d) that the author has to keep his chronology straight.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Moll looking for after the death of her first husband?

2. After the gentleman lover nearly dies, what happens to him?

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

4. Why does Moll go to the aid of the young woman next door to her?

5. Why does Mrs. Mayoress come to the school?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Moll's life like at first in Virginia?

2. What excuse does the older brother give for not marrying Moll right away?

3. What is the purpose of the preface to Moll Flanders?

4. How does the gentleman react when he learns of Moll's pregnancy?

5. What is Moll's experience with her second husband?

6. How does the editor compare the novel to dramatic plays of the day?

7. Listening to her mother-in-law, what does Moll suddenly realize?

8. After some repentance for their sleeping together, what do Moll and the gentleman do?

9. What apology does the editor make about the content of the book?

10. How does the novel begin?

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