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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 is Moll's first theft?

2. How does the governess say the baronet explained his condition to his wife?

3. After her Bath lover deserts her, what does Moll have?

4. What is in the letter Moll receives after the baby is born?

5. What does the banker say about himself and his wife?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is the governess able to set Moll up with the baronet after she robbed him in the carriage?

2. Why does Moll not make a play for the banker?

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

4. How does Moll escape capture when a former partner in crime gets caught by the police?

5. What adventure does Moll have at the gaming house?

6. What does James tell Moll as she departs for London?

7. How does Moll meet the next man she becomes involved with when she is forty-two-years old?

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

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

10. What passes through Moll's head as she marries the banker?

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 poverty sometimes leads to crime. Use the situation in mid 18th century England as a starting point and then make your essay more general. Discuss who is really at fault when the poor resort to stealing.

Essay Topic 2

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.

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay of at least two typewritten, double spaced pages on how well you think the characters are drawn in MOLL FLANDERS. In your analysis, mention whether you know how they looked, what kind of clothes they wore, how they thought and talked, and whether you picture them as real characters.

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