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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) Chastity.
(b) Love.
(c) Fear.
(d) Change.

2. Where does Benjamin Hoadley work that reflects the politics of the era in which Fielding leaves?
(a) The Church of England.
(b) The Cannery.
(c) The Basement.
(d) The Feldenkras.

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

4. What year is "The Apology for the Clergy" written?
(a) 1740.
(b) 1920.
(c) 1650.
(d) 1840.

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

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

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

8. Who writes "Fielding's Guidance of the Reader's Attitudes in Book 1, Chapters 1-11"?
(a) Fielding.
(b) Jezebel.
(c) Shacks.
(d) Shamela.

9. What does Don Quixote try to dissuade a squire from doing to a boy?
(a) Whipping him.
(b) Teaching him.
(c) Loving him.
(d) Scolding him.

10. 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) Humor.
(c) Absurdity.
(d) Joy.

11. Why does Ragotin borrow a horse initially in "Le Roman Comique"?
(a) To impress Star.
(b) To get to court.
(c) To fight Roman.
(d) To steal from the king.

12. As Fielding professes that the clergyman is a successor of ___________'s disciples, the essay on clergy concludes.
(a) Christ.
(b) The Father.
(c) Madonna.
(d) The Holy Ghost.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When Fanny was stolen by gypsies, who was put in her place as a child to be raised by the Andrews?

2. What does Shamela pretend to do when Mr. Booby touches her bosom in Letter 6?

3. What is Shamela warned about not repeating in Letter 3 by Henrietta?

4. What is Conyers's relationship to Hervey in "The History of the Life of Marcus Tullius Cicero"?

5. In "Histoire de Gil Blas de Santillane," who does Gil meet from Grenada?

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