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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 say is worse than being in want?

2. What does Mrs. B say she does for the newborns?

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

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

5. Why does Moll put off the banker who now has a divorce?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Moll so popular up north?

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

3. What causes Moll to continue stealing?

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

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

6. How does Moll's marriage to the banker come to an end?

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

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

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

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

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 people influence others. Use three examples in the life of Moll Flanders--(1) what she learned from her first husband's older brother, (2) how she was influenced by the governess, and (3) what she learned from her true love, James. Express your opinion about how the approval of others may make some people make wrong decisions.

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay of at least two typewritten, double spaced pages on your opinion of Defoe's literary style in presenting Moll Flanders as though she wrote the book herself. Do you think it is effective? How would it be different written in the third person?

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay of at least two typewritten, double spaced pages detailing three major types of transportation in the novel--horseback, the carriage, and boats and ships. Express your opinion on how such limited means of transportation affected 18th century life. Point out the hardships involved with each type of transportation. Discuss how means of transportation began to evolve in the 19th century because of a need for better ways of getting around.

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