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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 hardens Moll's heart to become a professional thief?

2. What do Moll and her Lancashire husband discover about each other?

3. Who does the landlady send for to assist Moll?

4. How does Moll take advantage of the fop who took her to bed one evening?

5. What do they call Mrs. B in her house?

Short Essay Questions

1. What assistance does she get from the landlady at the rooming house?

2. What does Moll do after the man falls into a drunken sleep?

3. In Newgate, who is the leader of a rebel gang brought in for trial?

4. What kind of reputation does Moll earn from the underground, criminal community?

5. Describe how Moll and James part.

6. How does Moll turn her stolen goods into cash?

7. Explain what foils Moll's plan to marry the banker when she returns to London.

8. How does the governess try to prepare Moll for hanging?

9. Where do Moll and James end up after Newgate?

10. What happens to the child after it is born?

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 the position of women in 18th century England and in the colonies. Define the limitations placed on women, their responsibility regarding having children, their lack of rights when a marriage or relationship breaks up, the kind of labor they are limited to doing and the pay scale they are offered.

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay of at least two typewritten, double spaced pages comparing MOLL FLANDERS to the novel, TOM JONES by Henry fielding. There is no need to read the entire novel. Simply point out similarities in characters, behaviors, use of language, point of view of the authors, and attempts to portray the stories as real histories.

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay of at least two typewritten, double spaced pages expressing your opinion about the importance of MOLL FLANDERS as an example of 18th century fiction and whether it had an effect on later writers. Is there a departure from the norm with this novel that led eventually to books by writers such as Henry James? Discuss whether earlier works of fiction have an influence over works that follow in later years.

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