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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. "Joseph Andrews" presents the moral problems of the assault against and the preservation of _______.
(a) Love.
(b) Change.
(c) Fear.
(d) Chastity.

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

3. Who discovers the parentage of Fanny?
(a) The peddler.
(b) The innkeeper.
(c) The priest.
(d) The friend.

4. What shows Wilson has made foolish choices in vices represented as typical of London?
(a) Marks' Tale.
(b) Wilson's Tale.
(c) Samuel's Tale.
(d) Jacob's Tale.

5. In Pierre Carlet de Chamblain de Marivaux's "Le Paysan parvenu ou les Memoirs de M***," who protects his honor from Genevieve?
(a) Marks.
(b) Jacob.
(c) Henry.
(d) Fielding.

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 does Pierre Francois Guyot Desfontaines think Fielding is one of the best at in England in terms of writing?
(a) Dramatic poets.
(b) Comic poets.
(c) Fiction writers.
(d) Prose artists.

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

9. When Adams marries Joseph and Fanny, where do the couple retire to with money given by Mr. Booby to Fanny?
(a) An apartment.
(b) A small estate.
(c) A mansion.
(d) A cellar.

10. In "Histoire de Gil Blas de Santillane," who does Gil meet from Grenada?
(a) The archbishop.
(b) The lover.
(c) The lawyer.
(d) The priest.

11. Whose bed does Didapper jump into, thinking it belongs to Fanny?
(a) Slipslop's.
(b) Adams'.
(c) Brian's.
(d) Jessica's.

12. In "Essay on Reputation," Fielding claims that it is hard to distinguish virtue and wisdom from _________.
(a) Folly and vice.
(b) War and peace.
(c) Love and hate.
(d) Joy and love.

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

14. What is Conyers's relationship to Hervey in "The History of the Life of Marcus Tullius Cicero"?
(a) He is his brother.
(b) He is his friend.
(c) He is his master.
(d) He is his servant.

15. What does Parson Williams advise Shamela to deny regarding Henrietta?
(a) That she is Shamela's mother.
(b) That she is Shamela's aunt.
(c) That she is Shamela's rival.
(d) That she is Shamela's daughter.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Thematic Meaning and Structure," what themes are discussed?

2. Who writes "Thematic Meaning and Structure"?

3. Where does Benjamin Hoadley work that reflects the politics of the era in which Fielding leaves?

4. When Lady Booby returns to London, what does she play to forget Joseph?

5. When Mr. B kisses Pamela while she is in bed, she almost ________ out of fear.

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