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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who does Joseph attract because of his honesty in the stables?
(a) Thomas Booby.
(b) Jezebel.
(c) Andrews.
(d) Lady Booby.

3. By following his sister's example, what is Joseph Andrews able to preserve according to Fielding?
(a) His art.
(b) His love.
(c) His strength.
(d) His purity.

4. What does Wilson see the pleasures of the world as?
(a) Folly and vanity.
(b) Delightful and excessive.
(c) Winsome.
(d) Easy and fun.

5. In Book 1, Chapter 1, Fielding states that examples are often better teachers than ____________.
(a) Precepts.
(b) Accuracy.
(c) Biography.
(d) Literature.

6. When hounds chasing a hare attack Adams, who defends Adams?
(a) Shamela.
(b) Joseph.
(c) Jezebel.
(d) Andrews.

7. When Barnabas goes to get punch, what does the maid bring for Joseph to drink?
(a) Milk.
(b) Coffee.
(c) Chocolate.
(d) Tea.

8. At the church, what is Mr. Abraham Adams's role?
(a) He is the governor.
(b) He is the curate.
(c) He is the writer.
(d) He is the priest.

9. When Joseph kisses the woman who came in search of him, how does Mrs. Slipslop respond?
(a) She cries.
(b) She does not.
(c) She argues.
(d) She gets jealous.

10. Despite his speeches, what does the sportsman fail to possess when he hears a young woman scream while he is with Adams?
(a) Love.
(b) Courage.
(c) Strength.
(d) Interest.

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

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

13. Why is Adams annoyed with Pounce when he travels in the couch with him?
(a) He does not agree upon food.
(b) He does not agree upon charity.
(c) He does not agree upon horses.
(d) He does not agree upon houses.

14. Whose daughter is Harriet Hearty?
(a) The man who buys the ticket.
(b) The man who buys the pen.
(c) The man who buys the bookshelf.
(d) The man who buys the ring.

15. Who saves Jacky, Adam's son, from drowning?
(a) A friend.
(b) A peddler.
(c) A teacher.
(d) A lawyer.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Joseph is arrested, who convinces the justice to commit Joseph and Fanny to his custody?

2. Who is the admirer that the eighteen-year-old whose story is told by a lady in the coach singles out as her potential mate?

3. What does Fanny possess that mollifies other people who meet her, such as the owner of the hounds?

4. To what is Joseph tied by the squire's retinue?

5. How many copies of Fielding's most famed narrative works are in "Joseph Andrews with Shamela and Related Writings?"

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