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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 the passing jade thinks of?

2. Who does Moll meet to help her with her money?

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

4. How does Moll begin looking at the banker's house?

5. What does Moll admit to the lady who comes to help her?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. Describe how Moll and James part.

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

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

8. Why does Moll stop stealing for a while?

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

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

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 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 2

Write an essay of at least two typewritten, double spaced pages on Why I Would Not Like to Live in 18th Century England. Include in your essay the odds against being born into wealth or nobility, the modern conveniences that were not even dreamed of in that time, and the injustices against women and children.

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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