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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who does Moll get to visit in Newgate?
(a) her son Jemmy.
(b) her old partner in crime.
(c) an accused assassin.
(d) her Lancashire husband.

3. How long is Moll married to the banker before he dies?
(a) eighteen weeks.
(b) five years.
(c) one year.
(d) six months.

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

5. Who does the landlady send for to assist Moll?
(a) a banker.
(b) a lawyer.
(c) a doctor.
(d) a midwife.

6. Why does the landlady not offer the same help that Mrs. B offers?
(a) she does not have enough room.
(b) she is not a midwife.
(c) she cannot secure the parish.
(d) she lacks education.

7. What is the location when Moll is finally caught red handed?
(a) a drapers.
(b) a roadhouse.
(c) a silversmith's shop.
(d) a private house.

8. What is the banker's house like?
(a) in need of a woman's touch.
(b) large but without much furniture.
(c) large and well furnished.
(d) small and comfortable.

9. Why does Moll cease to fear witnesses against her?
(a) she knows too much about them.
(b) they are all hanged or transported.
(c) she works in several disguises.
(d) no one knows her face.

10. Why does Moll not relate all the adventures of her Lancashire husband?
(a) it is her story, not his.
(b) she means to write another book.
(c) she cannot know them all.
(d) she does not believe them all.

11. What happens when Moll's husband learns she is poor?
(a) he beats her.
(b) he deserts her.
(c) he laughs and says it is no important.
(d) he gives her £1500.

12. How much does Mrs. B say Moll's lying in will cost?
(a) £50.3s.
(b) £10.
(c) £3.5s.
(d) £5.3s.

13. Who does Moll meet to help her with her money?
(a) a merchant.
(b) a solicitor.
(c) a doctor.
(d) a banker.

14. What does Moll confess to the banker?
(a) that she fell in love with him at the bank.
(b) that she had no romantic ideas about him.
(c) that she trusted him but that was all.
(d) that she had thought he was single.

15. What does the banker promise Moll?
(a) to pay her well for occasional sex.
(b) not to talk more until he has a divorce.
(c) to help her triple her money.
(d) not to offer her money to be his mistress.

Short Answer Questions

1. After her Bath lover deserts her, what does Moll have?

2. Why does Moll reproach herself after getting caught with the brocade silk?

3. What is wrong with Moll's prayers?

4. What does Moll do to the shopkeeper after she is exonerated by the capture of the real shoplifter?

5. Before they depart for Ireland, what does Moll's new husband ask her?

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