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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. Why does Mrs. B not abort Moll's pregnancy?

2. What is the location when Moll is finally caught red handed?

3. Who does the wealthy man Moll robs in a coach turn out to be?

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

5. What happens to save Moll?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. Why is Moll so popular up north?

6. How is Moll finally caught red handed?

7. What is Moll's concern about having the baby in the rooming house where she is staying?

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

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

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 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 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 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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