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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When the thief is apprehended in the inn, what is returned to Joseph?
(a) His jewelry.
(b) His books.
(c) His clothes.
(d) His pens.

2. Whose carelessness allows the thief to escape in Chapter 16?
(a) The governor.
(b) The writer.
(c) The constable.
(d) The priest.

3. After his father's death, what does Wilson set out to become but fails at?
(a) A gentleman.
(b) A stockbroker.
(c) A writer.
(d) A man of leisure.

4. Who pays Joseph's bill at the inn?
(a) Mrs. Slipslop.
(b) Mrs. Shamela.
(c) Mr. Parsons.
(d) Mr. Andrews.

5. Where does Fielding find true comedy in his work?
(a) In friendship.
(b) In nature.
(c) In art.
(d) In theater.

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

7. What does Bellarmine need in order to get married from the father of the young woman he is in love with?
(a) A coach.
(b) A house.
(c) Approval.
(d) A dowry.

8. Who is Scout in relationship to Lady Booby?
(a) Her dog.
(b) Her priest.
(c) Her friend.
(d) Her lawyer.

9. To what does Wilson lose his fortune?
(a) Gambling.
(b) Sickness.
(c) Old age.
(d) Debts.

10. What does Barnabas doubt that Adams can profit from selling?
(a) His sermons.
(b) His books.
(c) His clothes.
(d) His letters.

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

12. Who is angry when Joseph and Adams beat his hounds?
(a) The designer.
(b) The priest.
(c) The master.
(d) The artist.

13. In Chapter 6, as Adams sleeps, Joseph indulges in a monologue about how the desire for honor should lead a man to ________.
(a) Change.
(b) Work.
(c) Charity.
(d) Love.

14. What does Adams discover that Wilson put in his provisions that makes him a kind and generous man to them?
(a) Food.
(b) Reading materials.
(c) Gold.
(d) Water.

15. Whose Methodist doctrines do Adam and Barnabas discuss that invoke the ire of the clergy?
(a) Maximus Aurelius.
(b) George Whitefield.
(c) Joseph Andrews.
(d) Henry Fielding.

Short Answer Questions

1. What forces Wilson to move to Temple where he engages in numerous affairs?

2. When Barnabas goes to get punch, what does the maid bring for Joseph to drink?

3. How many weeks before her wedding does the eighteen-year-old whose story is told by a lady in the coach suddenly change her mind and fall in love with someone else?

4. When Adam's wife chides him for opposing Lady Booby, what is he more concerned with doing?

5. Who is the eighteen-year-old whose story is told by a lady in the coach?

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