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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What sound makes Ragotin tumble off his horse in "Le Roman Comique"?
(a) A call.
(b) A gunshot.
(c) A song.
(d) A cry.

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

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

4. Whose negative view is exaggerated in "Fielding's Guidance of the Reader's Attitudes in Book 1, Chapters 1-11"?
(a) Angela Williams.
(b) Shamela Jacobs.
(c) Henry Fielding.
(d) Samuel Richardson.

5. 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 mansion.
(c) A small estate.
(d) A cellar.

6. What does Elizabeth Carter find to be a variety of nature, wit, morality, and good sense that is written by Fielding?
(a) Parson William's works.
(b) Joseph Andrews.
(c) Parson Andrews.
(d) Henry Fielding works.

7. 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) Jewkes.
(d) Fielding.

8. What does Mr. Booby do to Shamela in Letter 2 until Jervis stops him?
(a) Locks her up.
(b) Kisses her.
(c) Yells at her.
(d) Fights her.

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

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

11. What does the squire do to the boy after Don Quixote interferes?
(a) Loves him.
(b) Teaches him.
(c) Whips him.
(d) Increases his debt.

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

13. Who does Fielding frequently satirize in "The Champion"?
(a) Joseph.
(b) Walpole.
(c) Andrews.
(d) Adams.

14. In "The Apology for the Clergy," what does Fielding say is serviceable to detect and expose in the clergy?
(a) Lies.
(b) Unworthy people.
(c) Exaggerations.
(d) Speeches.

15. What does Thomas Gray think Fielding's incidents are while his character portraits are natural?
(a) Inspiring.
(b) Shallow.
(c) Fun.
(d) Unoriginal.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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"?

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

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

4. What is written in the closing months of Sir Robert Walpole's ascendency as first commissioner of treasury?

5. Where is Pamela abducted in "Pamela, or Virtue Rewarded"?

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