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

2. When does Moll realize the older brother only wants her as a mistress?
(a) when he gives her £1000 to leave town..
(b) when he gives her 100 guineas and a promise for that much each year.
(c) when he tells her he is engaged to another lady.
(d) when he stops talking about love and marriage.

3. What does Mill learn about her cargo from Virginia when she reaches London?
(a) the ship lost most of its cargo.
(b) the ship sank off the coast of Ireland.
(c) the ship was captured by pirates.
(d) her cargo was seized by the government.

4. What is Moll's first recollection?
(a) being hungry on the street.
(b) being among the gypsies.
(c) leaving Newgate prison.
(d) learning how to sew.

5. Who does the young lady get to start the rumor that Moll is rich?
(a) the women in the shops.
(b) her young captain husband.
(c) the inn keepers in the area.
(d) the newspapers.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to the gentleman at Bath?

2. What does the new mistress lack that the former one had?

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

4. What does the narrator say the problem is with writing such a story of three decades of crime?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why does Moll put off the younger brother's proposal of marriage?

3. How does Moll become closely involved with a wealthy man in Bath?

4. What happens to Moll after her husband dies?

5. How does Moll marry for the third time?

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

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

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

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

10. What does Moll learn about the Men who visit Bath during the summer season?

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