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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After the gentleman lover nearly dies, what happens to him?
(a) he loses him membory of Moll.
(b) he goes to France.
(c) he is struck by remorse.
(d) he vows to find a new lover.

2. Who presses Betty to marry the younger brother?
(a) the parish priest.
(b) the older brother.
(c) his sisters.
(d) his mother.

3. Why does Mrs. Mayoress say Moll may become a gentlewoman for all they know?
(a) she has a gentlewoman's hands.
(b) she speaks with proper English.
(c) she has a gentlewoman's air about her.
(d) she is very lovely.

4. What does Moll want to become?
(a) a wife and mother.
(b) a singer.
(c) a gentlewoman.
(d) a dancer.

5. Why does the narrator say it is difficult to have a private biography taken seriously?
(a) because of romances and novels.
(b) because of lack of interest.
(c) because of being published anonymously.
(d) because of dull lives.

6. What does the younger brother protest about with his sister?
(a) that he is looking for a woman without money.
(b) that he will never marry an woman.
(c) that he is not interested in money.
(d) that he always has to take his brother's left overs.

7. How does Moll talk about their next encounter?
(a) she says he gave her £1000.
(b) she says he paid her to disrobe for him to see.
(c) she says he went farther than decency allows her to recount.
(d) she says he smuggled her into his room and locked the door.

8. Where does Moll go to dress in back as a widow and call herself Mrs. Flanders?
(a) the bank.
(b) the Mint.
(c) London.
(d) Ireland.

9. How does the elder brother begin his chase of Moll?
(a) slipping into her room at night.
(b) talking about her to his sisters.
(c) flirting with her in front of his mother.
(d) buying her expensive gifts.

10. How does the captain's lady help repay Moll for her services?
(a) by helping her rumored to be a wealthy widow.
(b) by making Moll her secretary.
(c) by giving her some money.
(d) by inviting other ship's captains to her home.

11. How does Moll get one last £50 from her brother/husband in Virginia?
(a) agreeing to sign a release.
(b) telling him the baby is ill.
(c) telling him she will go to Ireland.
(d) telling him it will keep her quiet.

12. Where is Moll born?
(a) in a barn.
(b) in a hospital.
(c) in prison.
(d) in her grandmother's house.

13. What is Moll looking for after the death of her first husband?
(a) a rich man to make her his mistress.
(b) a rich man to marry.
(c) a rich man to adopt her.
(d) a rich man to rob.

14. What does her tradesman turn out to be?
(a) a con man who only wanted Moll's money.
(b) rake, shopkeeper and beggar all in one.
(c) a hardened criminal .
(d) a bigamist.

15. How does Moll say she and the older brother behaved in the house of an acquaintance when they were alone?
(a) as wicked as they pleased.
(b) as nervous as cats.
(c) as proper as church ladies.
(d) as brave as soldiers.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mill learn about her cargo from Virginia when she reaches London?

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

3. Who does Moll meet at Bath?

4. What does the sister tell her brother now recommends a woman to a gentleman?

5. What does the narrator insist that the characters must eventually become?

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