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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Adam's wife chides him for opposing Lady Booby, what is he more concerned with doing?
(a) Being famous.
(b) Moral duties.
(c) Worldly ambitions.
(d) Making money.

2. What does Bellarmine need in order to get married from the father of the young woman he is in love with?
(a) Approval.
(b) A dowry.
(c) A coach.
(d) A house.

3. Whose daughter is Harriet Hearty?
(a) The man who buys the ring.
(b) The man who buys the pen.
(c) The man who buys the bookshelf.
(d) The man who buys the ticket.

4. Who is Scout in relationship to Lady Booby?
(a) Her priest.
(b) Her dog.
(c) Her lawyer.
(d) Her friend.

5. When Joseph is arrested, who convinces the justice to commit Joseph and Fanny to his custody?
(a) Mr. Booby.
(b) Shamela.
(c) Fielding.
(d) Mrs. Booby.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Pamela in relationship to Lady Booby?

2. What does Adams discover that Wilson put in his provisions that makes him a kind and generous man to them?

3. Who is the eighteen-year-old whose story is told by a lady in the coach?

4. Where is Adams traveling to publish three volumes of sermons?

5. By following his sister's example, what is Joseph Andrews able to preserve according to Fielding?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is Trulliber revealed as a greedy clergyman?

2. When Mrs. Slipslop's encourages Lady Booby to marry Joseph, why is Lady Booby indignant?

3. What is the theme that Fielding illustrates through the argument in the alehouse and Mrs. Slipslop's arrival?

4. What does Fielding reveal about Betty through her actions that shows some conflict in her character?

5. Why is Lady Booby jealous of Fanny?

6. How does Lady Booby try to prevent Fanny from marrying Joseph?

7. How will Wilson be able to identify his lost son?

8. How are the natures of Adams and Mrs. Slipslop revealed in their responses to Joseph and Fanny's reunion?

9. Why is the inn hostess initially helpful to Adam?

10. How does Fielding contrast biographies and romances?

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