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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. In "Essay on Reputation," Fielding claims that it is hard to distinguish virtue and wisdom from _________.

2. What fetters and harasses mankind according to Fielding in "Essay on Good Nature"?

3. Where does Benjamin Hoadley work that reflects the politics of the era in which Fielding leaves?

4. Through what method does Fielding resolve most of the themes of "Joseph Andrews"?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Why do many critics like Fielding's characterization of Adams?

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

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

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

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

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

9. How is Adams similar to Don Quixote?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Explain the concept of loneliness as exhibited in Joseph Andrews; with Shamela; and Related Writings. Which of the characters are lonely? Are they all lonely in some way? Explain the loneliness and the methods and attempts to overcome it.

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

Describe Parson Williams. What is his role in Joseph Andrews; with Shamela; and Related Writings? What was Fielding trying to accomplish by creating his character in the story?

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