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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the younger brother retort to his sister's talk about money?
(a) a beautiful maid is often taken by a wealthy friend.
(b) a beautiful gets money in the form of gifts.
(c) an ugly lady with money is no prize.
(d) a beautiful maid will sometimes ride a carriage before her mistress.

2. Why does the mistress come to talk with Moll while she sews a shirt?
(a) because she has bad news.
(b) because she is always crying.
(c) because she has a new family for Moll.
(d) because she is not doing a good job.

3. Why does Moll go to the aid of the young woman next door to her?
(a) her beau had left her when she gave him no money.
(b) her beau had left her after she became pregnant.
(c) her beau had left her bacause he had many others.
(d) her beau left her because she checked up on his character.

4. What causes Moll not to go to the older brother's wedding?
(a) seeing another woman marry the man she loves.
(b) she has to look after her ten children.
(c) she is eight months pregnant.
(d) she is not invited to the wedding.

5. How does Moll propose to make her own living?
(a) by sewing and spinning.
(b) by begging on the streets.
(c) by dancing and singing.
(d) by selling violets.

Short Answer Questions

1. When does Moll realize the older brother only wants her as a mistress?

2. What does Moll finally find?

3. What does Moll say marriages are the consequences of in the country?

4. Why does the narrator say that the ugly and wicked part of a person's life must be presented?

5. What does the narrator hope the reader will be more pleased with?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the editor compare the novel to dramatic plays of the day?

2. What apology does the editor make about the content of the book?

3. Who takes Moll in after the death of the Nurse?

4. How does the gentleman react when he learns of Moll's pregnancy?

5. What is Defoe's stated purpose in presenting this book?

6. As the story opens, why does the writer not reveal her real name?

7. What happens to Moll after her husband dies?

8. What does Moll know about her mother?

9. What is the purpose of the preface to Moll Flanders?

10. How does Moll protest the older brother's suggestion?

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