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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. 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) Complex.
(d) Forgiving.

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

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

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

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

14. What is Shamela warned about not repeating in Letter 3 by Henrietta?
(a) Her folly with Williams.
(b) Her folly with Andrews.
(c) Her folly with Booby.
(d) Her folly with Henry.

15. When Lady Booby returns to London, what does she play to forget Joseph?
(a) Chess.
(b) The piano.
(c) Cards.
(d) Backgammon.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When is "Essay on Good Nature" written?

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

4. 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.

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

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