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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does the gentleman at Bath give Moll?

3. Why does she use the name of Moll Flanders?

4. Where does Moll go to dress in back as a widow and call herself Mrs. Flanders?

5. Where does Moll take up residence after returning from Virginia?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. Under what condition does Moll arrive back in England.

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

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

8. How does the novel begin?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay of at least two typewritten, double spaced pages on Why I Would Not Like to Live in 18th Century England. Include in your essay the odds against being born into wealth or nobility, the modern conveniences that were not even dreamed of in that time, and the injustices against women and children.

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay of at least two typewritten, double spaced pages on the use of irony in MOLL FLANDERS. Use the example of Moll and James each thinking the other was rich before they married and finding out that Moll really was a woman of fortune years later when they came to America. Express your opinion about how such ironic twists in a plot tend to make a story more interesting. Comment on whether you think irony happens in real life and give at least one example.

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay of at least two typewritten, double spaced pages on child labor. Start with the way it was in Moll's day and note how changes have been made in Europe and America. Discuss the bad effects on exploited children and places in the world where child labor is still a problem.

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