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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Fanny was stolen by gypsies, who was put in her place as a child to be raised by the Andrews?
(a) Shamela.
(b) Henry.
(c) Adams.
(d) Joseph.

2. Who writes "Thematic Meaning and Structure"?
(a) Jezebel.
(b) Adams.
(c) Fielding.
(d) Battlestin.

3. Who writes "Pamela, or Virtue Rewarded"?
(a) Menon.
(b) Marks.
(c) Manon.
(d) Richardson.

4. Where does Benjamin Hoadley work that reflects the politics of the era in which Fielding leaves?
(a) The Feldenkras.
(b) The Cannery.
(c) The Church of England.
(d) The Basement.

5. When Mr. B kisses Pamela while she is in bed, she almost ________ out of fear.
(a) Jumps.
(b) Falls.
(c) Cries.
(d) Faints.

6. In "Fielding's Guidance of the Reader's Attitudes in Book 1, Chapters 1-11," the narrator in "Joseph Andrews" is a _____ character.
(a) Loving.
(b) Kind.
(c) Complex.
(d) Forgiving.

7. What is quiet while vice is boisterous according to Fielding?
(a) Folly.
(b) Wisdom.
(c) Joy.
(d) Virtue.

8. Adams and Joseph Andrews embody the essential virtues of __________ in "Thematic Meaning and Structure"?
(a) The priests.
(b) The friends.
(c) The writers.
(d) The good man.

9. What is the first value a clergyman must possess according to Fielding?
(a) Kindness.
(b) Grace.
(c) Love.
(d) Humility.

10. Where does Shamela go when Mrs. Jervis plans to sell her to Mr. Booby?
(a) San Francisco.
(b) Lincolnshire.
(c) Williamsburg.
(d) Maryland.

11. In Shamela, Parson Tickletext writes Parson Oliver with a copy of _____.
(a) Shamela.
(b) Booby.
(c) Williams.
(d) Pamela.

12. In what periodical is an article written that finds Mr. Adams makes an agreeable character due to his innocence?
(a) The Writer.
(b) The Priest.
(c) The Student.
(d) The Author.

13. What is stressed to "modify our notions of the place of sexual propriety in the world of the story" in "Fielding's Guidance of the Reader's Attitudes in Book 1, Chapters 1-11"?
(a) Humor.
(b) Joy.
(c) Fear.
(d) Absurdity.

14. Through what method does Fielding resolve most of the themes of "Joseph Andrews"?
(a) Change.
(b) Love.
(c) Questions.
(d) Humor.

15. When Joseph notices Didapper try to lay hold of Fanny, what ensues shortly thereafter?
(a) A song.
(b) A visit.
(c) A game.
(d) A fight.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Dick Taylor Jr.'s "Joseph as Hero in 'Joseph Andrew,s'" when does Joseph exhibit a change of character?

2. What is John Lord Hervey considered in "The History of the Life of Marcus Tullius Cicero"?

3. What happens to the person from Grenada that Gil is unsure of how to help him recover from?

4. Why does Ragotin borrow a horse initially in "Le Roman Comique"?

5. What does Pierre Francois Guyot Desfontaines think Fielding is one of the best at in England in terms of writing?

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