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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is the condition under which Moll goes to a new house?
(a) making dresses for the daughters.
(b) a two-week trial period.
(c) an agreement to remain unseen.
(d) staying away from the sons.

3. What does Moll discover about her husband in Virginia?
(a) that he is actually her brother.
(b) that he is dying of consumption.
(c) that he does not own a plantation.
(d) that he has black misstresses.

4. What does Moll say marriages are the consequences of in the country?
(a) politics.
(b) shotguns.
(c) pregnancies.
(d) religion.

5. Where does Moll take up residence after returning from Virginia?
(a) the Mint.
(b) Bristol.
(c) Bath.
(d) London.

6. What does Moll, called Mrs. Betty, do better than the daughters of the new family?
(a) cook.
(b) write.
(c) sing.
(d) speak German.

7. What shows the other brother's intentions that Moll does not understand?
(a) he gives her money.
(b) he proposes marriage.
(c) he kisses her and runs away.
(d) he takes her out of the house.

8. What happens to her draper husband?
(a) he escapes jail and goes to France.
(b) he is sent in servictude to Australia.
(c) he escapes and goes to America.
(d) he is hanged in Newgate Prison.

9. How does Moll get away from the gypsies?
(a) by finding her mother.
(b) by hiding herself.
(c) by running to a policeman.
(d) by being sold by the gypsies.

10. What does Moll help the young woman next door do?
(a) get a job as a governess.
(b) get even with the unfair beau.
(c) find a new man.
(d) learn how to steal.

11. Why does the narrator say that the ugly and wicked part of a person's life must be presented?
(a) to make the story more interesting to readers.
(b) to show the beauty of penitence may be appreciated.
(c) to warn people about living such a life.
(d) to show the reasons penitence is needed.

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

13. Who is assumed to be the narrator of the story?
(a) Moll Flanders' mother.
(b) a British journalist.
(c) Moll Flanders.
(d) Daniel DeFoe.

14. After her son is born, where does the gentleman arrange apartments for Moll?
(a) Kensington.
(b) Essex.
(c) Bristol.
(d) Hammersmith.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What problem does Moll have getting the money her old nurse had saved for her?

2. How does the elder brother begin his chase of Moll?

3. Who does Moll meet at Bath?

4. What does Moll receive at the second home where she is kept?

5. What does Mrs. Betty (aka Moll) know that makes her vain?

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