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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. Who has decided to write a book about the courtship of Booby and Shamela?
(a) Henrietta.
(b) Booby.
(c) Williams.
(d) Shamela.

2. Unlike Joseph Andrews, Mr. Wilson's difficulties initially result from _______.
(a) War and greed.
(b) Love and peace.
(c) Vice and folly.
(d) Fear and change.

3. What is Conyers's relationship to Hervey in "The History of the Life of Marcus Tullius Cicero"?
(a) He is his servant.
(b) He is his master.
(c) He is his brother.
(d) He is his friend.

4. What does Thomas Gray think Fielding's incidents are while his character portraits are natural?
(a) Fun.
(b) Unoriginal.
(c) Shallow.
(d) Inspiring.

5. What is the message conveyed in the copy of work that Parson Tickletext writes Parson Oliver about?
(a) Sacrifice of young men.
(b) Sacrifice of young women.
(c) Chastity of young men.
(d) Chastity of young women.

Short Answer Questions

1. How is Fanny related to Joseph?

2. In what year does Fielding leave "The Champion" because he is disenchanted with the opposition?

3. What does Joseph have that identifies him as Wilson's son?

4. What does the squire do to the boy after Don Quixote interferes?

5. When Lady Booby surprises Adams's household with her arrival, who does she try to set Fanny up with?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Fielding show his political beliefs in his work?

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

3. Why does Mr. Booby go to ecclesiastical court?

4. What is the significance of the night adventures at Booby Hall according to Mark Spilka's "Comic Resolution in Fielding's 'Joseph Andrews'"?

5. How is Le Roman Comique similar to Joseph Andrews?

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

7. Why is Shamela willing to hide her relationship from her mother at Williams's request?

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

9. How is Adams similar to Don Quixote?

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

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