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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 Moll help the young woman next door do?
2. What does her tradesman turn out to be?
3. Who does the young lady get to start the rumor that Moll is rich?
4. How old is Moll when she is taken in by a kind woman?
5. To what does the narrator compare his novel?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does Moll become closely involved with a wealthy man in Bath?
2. What solution do Moll and her husband-brother come up with to resolve the situation?
3. After some repentance for their sleeping together, what do Moll and the gentleman do?
4. What is the final payoff and the conditions to Moll to release the gentleman to whom she had been mistress?
5. What happens to Moll after her husband dies?
6. How does the novel begin?
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. Who takes Moll in after the death of the Nurse?
10. What is Moll's experience with her second husband?
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 how the tastes of a majority of society at any given time affect the way writers tell their tales. Begin with the profuse apology of Defoe in the Preface that the story contains lewd behavior that has been edited and his insistence that the story is presented for its moral lesson. Give your opinion as to whether Defoe is writing tongue in cheek to satisfy the criticism he believes the novel will incur. Give examples as to how such circumspection has changed over the centuries.
Essay Topic 2
Write an essay of at least two typewritten, double spaced pages on the value of goods that Moll stole as opposed to their value today. Many of Moll's thefts involved fabrics such as silk. Another thing was plate (items made of silver). Explain what that tells about the value of such items in the 18th century. Discuss how these are not the things usually taken in robberies today.
Essay Topic 3
Write an essay of at least two typewritten, double spaced pages on self-justification. Start with Moll and show how she justified everything she did, excusing herself on the grounds of poverty. From the example, discuss how people tend to make allowances for themselves when they would condemn other people for doing the same things.
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