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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose bed does Didapper jump into, thinking it belongs to Fanny?

2. Whose attempt to seduce Destiny is stopped by the arrival of Ragotin?

3. When Wilson joyfully is reunited with Joseph, his son, who is agitated that Joseph can now marry Fanny?

4. What shows Wilson has made foolish choices in vices represented as typical of London?

5. What are Mr. Booby's intentions towards Shamela?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. In Dick Taylor Jr.'s "Joseph as Hero in 'Joseph Andrews,'" how is Joseph characterized?

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

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

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

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

8. Why is Pamela uncomfortable at the Lincolnshire estate where she is abducted?

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

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"?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Choose a character that Joseph grows to like and become familiar with. How does their relationship evolve?

Essay Topic 2

Secrecy is a recurring theme in Joseph Andrews; with Shamela; and Related Writings. Which characters have secrets and what are they? How are these secrets revealed? Do these secrets result in ominous consequences or not? Do any of them have happy endings?

Essay Topic 3

The author uses more than one instance of irony in Joseph Andrews; with Shamela; and Related Writings. Cite at least two examples you can identify in the book and note why they are examples of irony.

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