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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What fetters and harasses mankind according to Fielding in "Essay on Good Nature"?
(a) Hatred.
(b) Jealousy.
(c) Greed.
(d) Ill nature.

2. What year is "Essay on Reputation" written?
(a) 1939.
(b) 1839.
(c) 1856.
(d) 1739.

3. What virtue is espoused in Fielding's work that should not be underestimated in "Thematic Meaning and Structure"?
(a) Love.
(b) Joy.
(c) Chastity.
(d) Peace.

4. 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) Fear.
(b) Joy.
(c) Absurdity.
(d) Humor.

5. In "Essay on Good Nature," good nature delights in ________.
(a) Mankind's sorrow.
(b) Mankind's happiness.
(c) Mankind's will.
(d) Mankind's age.

6. Who has decided to write a book about the courtship of Booby and Shamela?
(a) Williams.
(b) Booby.
(c) Shamela.
(d) Henrietta.

7. When is "Essay on Good Nature" written?
(a) 1923.
(b) 1740.
(c) 1945.
(d) 1846.

8. What are Mr. Booby's intentions towards Shamela?
(a) Sexual.
(b) Spiritual.
(c) Fatherly.
(d) Brotherly.

9. What elements does the narrator in "Joseph Andrews" have according to "Fielding's Guidance of the Reader's Attitudes in Book 1, Chapters 1-11"?
(a) Joyous.
(b) Fearful.
(c) Romantic.
(d) Burlesque.

10. In Dick Taylor Jr.'s "Joseph as Hero in 'Joseph Andrew,s'" when does Joseph exhibit a change of character?
(a) After his reunion with Fanny.
(b) After he learns new things.
(c) After his new speech.
(d) After he grows up.

11. Who is the villain and housekeeper of Mr. B's property that Pamela is abducted to in "Pamela, or Virtue Rewarded"?
(a) Jezebel.
(b) Gross.
(c) Fielding.
(d) Jewkes.

12. When Wilson joyfully is reunited with Joseph, his son, who is agitated that Joseph can now marry Fanny?
(a) Mr. Fielding.
(b) Mr. Booby.
(c) Mr. Shamela.
(d) Lady Booby.

13. In Letter 1, to whom does Shamela write a letter to about accommodations?
(a) Fanny.
(b) Henrietta.
(c) Fielding.
(d) Joseph.

14. Where is Pamela abducted in "Pamela, or Virtue Rewarded"?
(a) A manor.
(b) An inn.
(c) A cellar.
(d) An estate.

15. In what year does George Cheyne write Samuel Richardson that Fielding's wretched performance will only entertain porters or watermen?
(a) 1780.
(b) 1899.
(c) 1742.
(d) 1842.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who writes "Thematic Meaning and Structure"?

2. What is the first value a clergyman must possess according to Fielding?

3. When Jacky reads the history of Leonard and his wife who constantly quarrel, who assures them that each is right and the person who is right should always submit?

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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