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

2. Why is Lady Booby indignant with Mrs. Slipslop's encouragement to marry Joseph?
(a) Because she has been taught to fake antipathy.
(b) Because she is lost in love.
(c) Because she is slow to respond.
(d) Because she is crazy.

3. Who defends Joseph in the coach to the host when Miss Grave-airs and others protest his presence?
(a) Joseph.
(b) Adams.
(c) Andrews.
(d) Slipslop.

4. In Chapter 2, before Joseph and Adams separate, Adams realizes that his sermons are not in his __________.
(a) Luggage.
(b) Briefcase.
(c) Saddle bags.
(d) Notebooks.

5. What does Fielding satirize while describing biographies?
(a) Philosophy.
(b) Nature.
(c) Human traits.
(d) Artwork.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Fanny is attacked by a young gentleman, Beau Didapper, and his servant, who rescues her?

2. Whose daughter is Harriet Hearty?

3. When hounds chasing a hare attack Adams, who defends Adams?

4. Who is Scout in relationship to Lady Booby?

5. To whom does Joseph remain loyal despite temptations by other women?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Joseph's encounter with the stagecoach reveal?

3. What does the attack by the master's hounds reveal about the master?

4. How does London appear as a center of vice in Section 1: Joseph Andrews, Preface and Book 1, Chapters 1 through 12?

5. Why does Adams admonish Joseph for grieving over Fanny when she is kidnapped?

6. What is the major theme of Fielding's book?

7. What is the importance of the Preface to "Joseph Andrews" for the remainder of the book?

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

9. How does Fielding contrast Barnabas and the surgeon with Adams, Joseph, and Betty?

10. What is the significance of Leonora's tale?

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