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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 212-250:.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does the banker say his wife is a whore?
(a) as a victim of incest.
(b) as mentally uncapable of resisting.
(c) not by necessity but by inclination.
(d) as a madwoman obsessed with sex.

2. What does Moll say a woman is like when she is left desolate?
(a) like a fish out of water.
(b) like a ship sinking in the ocean.
(c) like a bag of money dopped on the street.
(d) like a child without parents.

3. Why does Moll not allow the maid Mrs. B sends to stay overnight?
(a) she thinks the girl is adled.
(b) she fears she is a thief.
(c) she fears she will be murdered in her sleep.
(d) she fears she will hear her talk in her sleep.

4. How is the weather during Moll's trip back to England from Virginia?
(a) the ship is driven aground on an island.
(b) it rains for the entire trip.
(c) there are several storms.
(d) it is peaceful.

5. Why does she use the name of Moll Flanders?
(a) most people know that alias.
(b) she likes the sound of it.
(c) she read it in a newspaper.
(d) her nurse gave the name to her.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the banker say about himself and his wife?

2. What is the banker's house like?

3. What does the gentleman at Bath give Moll?

4. What does the narrator say about the final scene in the story?

5. What is in the letter Moll receives after the baby is born?

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