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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 Mrs. Mayoress call Moll that she thinks is a bad name?
(a) Child.
(b) Mademoiselle.
(c) Urchin.
(d) Miss.

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

3. How do Moll and the young woman next door get even with the young captain?
(a) by picketing his house.
(b) by sinking his ship.
(c) by fooling him into marrying a shrew.
(d) by destroying his reputation.

4. What does the narrator say has been left out of the story?
(a) some of the duplicate parts.
(b) some of the least colorful parts.
(c) some of the most boring parts.
(d) some of the more vicious parts.

5. How does Moll compare herself to the gentleman at Bath?
(a) that she is more noble.
(b) that she is more innocent.
(c) that she is more helpless.
(d) that she is more wicked.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the condition under which Moll goes to a new house?

2. How does the captain's lady help repay Moll for her services?

3. What does Moll help the young woman next door do?

4. What alteration does the narrator say has been made to the story?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Moll marry for the third time?

2. To Moll's chagrin, what does the older brother insist that she do?

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

4. As a child what does Moll want that amuses the Mayor's wife and her Nurse?

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

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

7. What excuse does the older brother give for not marrying Moll right away?

8. What does the editor claim about Moll's new life in the American colonies?

9. How does the novel begin?

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

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