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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. In "Essay on Reputation," Fielding claims that it is hard to distinguish virtue and wisdom from _________.
(a) Folly and vice.
(b) Joy and love.
(c) War and peace.
(d) Love and hate.

2. "Joseph Andrews" presents the moral problems of the assault against and the preservation of _______.
(a) Change.
(b) Love.
(c) Chastity.
(d) Fear.

3. What fetters and harasses mankind according to Fielding in "Essay on Good Nature"?
(a) Hatred.
(b) Ill nature.
(c) Jealousy.
(d) Greed.

4. Who is the villain and housekeeper of Mr. B's property that Pamela is abducted to in "Pamela, or Virtue Rewarded"?
(a) Jezebel.
(b) Jewkes.
(c) Fielding.
(d) Gross.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is written in the closing months of Sir Robert Walpole's ascendency as first commissioner of treasury?

2. On what day in April does the essay on clergy conclude?

3. Who does Fielding frequently satirize in "The Champion"?

4. In Dick Taylor Jr.'s "Joseph as Hero in 'Joseph Andrew,s'" when does Joseph exhibit a change of character?

5. Who writes "Pamela, or Virtue Rewarded"?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is Pamela different from Shamela in her reaction to Mr. Booby?

2. How is "Histoire de Gil Blas de Santillane" similar to Fielding's work?

3. How do Adams and Joseph reveal the essential virtues of the good man?

4. In Sheldon Sacks's "Fielding's Guidance of the Reader's Attitudes in Book 1, Chapters 1-11," how is the narrator described?

5. When Joseph rescues Fanny from the ill intentions of Beau Didapper, what does Lady Booby's presence at Adam's house reveal?

6. How does the peddler assist Joseph in finding his true identity?

7. How do Adam and Lady Booby differ in their reaction to Joseph and Fanny's arrival after Joseph rescues Fanny?

8. What is the comparison in Marivaux's novel that is similar to Fielding's work?

9. In "An Essay on the Knowledge of the Characters of Men," what does Fielding say about deceit?

10. Why does Shamela plot to seduce Mr. Booby?

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