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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 Elizabeth Carter find to be a variety of nature, wit, morality, and good sense that is written by Fielding?
(a) Parson Andrews.
(b) Parson William's works.
(c) Joseph Andrews.
(d) Henry Fielding works.

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

3. What is the first value a clergyman must possess according to Fielding?
(a) Grace.
(b) Kindness.
(c) Humility.
(d) Love.

4. In Dick Taylor Jr.'s "Joseph as Hero in 'Joseph Andrew,s'" when does Joseph exhibit a change of character?
(a) After his new speech.
(b) After he grows up.
(c) After he learns new things.
(d) After his reunion with Fanny.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What clothes does Shamela wear in Letter 7 that prevent Mr. Booby from recognizing her?

2. In "The Apology for the Clergy," what does Fielding say is serviceable to detect and expose in the clergy?

3. Who has decided to write a book about the courtship of Booby and Shamela?

4. When Joseph notices Didapper try to lay hold of Fanny, what ensues shortly thereafter?

5. Who is the villain and housekeeper of Mr. B's property that Pamela is abducted to in "Pamela, or Virtue Rewarded"?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Thomas Gray say about Fielding's work?

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

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

5. In Martin C. Battlestin's "Thematic Meaning and Structure," what motifs are revealed?

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

7. In "Essay on Good Nature," what does Fielding say about good and ill nature?

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

9. What is shocking about the peddler's revelation about Fanny's heritage?

10. How does the squire respond to Don Quixote's request regarding the boy in "The Life and Adventures of the Renown'd Don Quixote"?

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