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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Whose attempt to seduce Destiny is stopped by the arrival of Ragotin?
(a) Bouvillon.
(b) Fielding.
(c) Roman.
(d) Cicero.

4. Where does Adam end up sleeping, tired after the confusion surrounding Didapper, Fanny, Booby, and others with regards to sleeping and sex?
(a) Adams' room.
(b) Fanny's room.
(c) Jan's room.
(d) Joseph's room.

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

6. What character does James Beattie think Fielding brings to masterly invention in Joseph Andrews?
(a) Andrews.
(b) Joseph.
(c) Adams.
(d) Fanny.

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

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

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

10. What does Joseph have that identifies him as Wilson's son?
(a) A temper.
(b) A birthmark.
(c) A mole.
(d) A book.

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

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

13. What clothes does Shamela wear in Letter 7 that prevent Mr. Booby from recognizing her?
(a) An artist's.
(b) A writer's.
(c) A parson's.
(d) A farmer's.

14. In Letter 2, what does Shamela say about the squire?
(a) He is old.
(b) He likes her.
(c) He is kind.
(d) He is wise.

15. In Modern Criticism, Mark Spilka's "Comic Resolution in Fielding's 'Joseph Andrews'" claims the _____ adventures at Booby Hall are among the most memorable scenes in the story.
(a) Night.
(b) Morning.
(c) Afternoon.
(d) Evening.

Short Answer Questions

1. What Christian value is discussed in "Thematic Meaning and Structure"?

2. 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?

3. In Shamela, Parson Tickletext writes Parson Oliver with a copy of _____.

4. What does the squire do to the boy after Don Quixote interferes?

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

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