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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 Wilson feel for Harriet Hearty?
(a) Passion.
(b) Anger.
(c) Nothing.
(d) Mixed feelings.

2. Whose stable does Joseph go to at the age of ten?
(a) Andrews.
(b) Lady Booby.
(c) Jezebel.
(d) Thomas Booby.

3. Why is Joseph removed to stables at the age of ten?
(a) Because of his mind.
(b) Because of his temper.
(c) Because of his age.
(d) Because of his sweet voice.

4. Who does Mrs. Tow-house catch her husband in bed with?
(a) Betty.
(b) Henry.
(c) Mary.
(d) Shamela.

5. Who is the admirer that the eighteen-year-old whose story is told by a lady in the coach singles out as her potential mate?
(a) Horatio.
(b) Vincent.
(c) Mark.
(d) Leonardo.

Short Answer Questions

1. After his father's death, what does Wilson set out to become but fails at?

2. How many copies of Fielding's most famed narrative works are in "Joseph Andrews with Shamela and Related Writings?"

3. Where do Peter, Fanny, Joseph, and Adams leave to go after they are reunited at the inn?

4. Where does Fielding find true comedy in his work?

5. What does Peter Pounce do for Fanny?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How are Wilson and Adams similar in virtue?

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

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

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

7. Why is Pounce considered selfish by Adams despite rescuing Fanny?

8. How do Mrs. Tow-wouse and Adams differ on money?

9. Why is Lady Booby jealous of Fanny?

10. Why does Wilson fail to participate in Harriet's father's trade?

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