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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 happens to Moll in her widow's dress outside a shop?

2. Who does Moll get to visit in Newgate?

3. What does the banker promise Moll?

4. What is the governess' new business?

5. What is the banker's house like?

Short Essay Questions

1. What had Moll's new husband, James, believed about her before they were married?

2. Why does Moll stop stealing for a while?

3. How is Moll finally caught red handed?

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

5. Describe how Moll and James part.

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

7. How does Moll eventually project her guilt onto someone else?

8. What event causes Moll to turn to a life of crime?

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

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

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 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 3

Write an essay of at least two typewritten, double spaced pages on literary language of the 18th century. Use examples in the novel to demonstrate the formality of written language and vocabulary that is not used in the same way today. State you opinion about the degree of difficulty in understanding the story that language presents in MOLL FLANDERS.

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