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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. 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.

2. What does the gentleman at Bath give Moll?
(a) a cheque for £1,000.
(b) a diamond ring.
(c) a letter of credit.
(d) a small drawer full of gold coins.

3. What can Moll not consider doing?
(a) marry for money.
(b) marry a man she does not love.
(c) running away from both brothers.
(d) marry one brother and be the mistress of the other.

4. What happens with the younger brother?
(a) he falls truly in love with Mrs. Betty.
(b) he wants Betty for a mistress.
(c) he spies of Betty when she leaves the house.
(d) he blackmails Mrs. Betty and his brother.

5. What does the narrator hope the reader will be more pleased with?
(a) the moral of the story.
(b) the truth of the story.
(c) the salaciousness of the story.
(d) the excitement of the story.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Moll learn that men find a mistress sometimes, but very rarely look for a wife?

2. What shows the other brother's intentions that Moll does not understand?

3. What causes Moll not to go to the older brother's wedding?

4. What does the narrator insist is the value of the story?

5. Where does Moll say her true name is known?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the complication that arises in the new family where Moll lives?

2. What happens to Moll after her husband dies?

3. Listening to her mother-in-law, what does Moll suddenly realize?

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

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

6. What does Moll know about her mother?

7. What is Moll's life like at first in Virginia?

8. What is Moll's experience with her second husband?

9. What happens to Moll's heart when the older brother takes an interest in her?

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

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