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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is stressed to "modify our notions of the place of sexual propriety in the world of the story" in "Fielding's Guidance of the Reader's Attitudes in Book 1, Chapters 1-11"?
(a) Humor.
(b) Absurdity.
(c) Fear.
(d) Joy.

2. Who writes "Le Roman Comique"?
(a) Gross.
(b) Scarron.
(c) Fielding.
(d) Levi.

3. Who writes "Fielding's Guidance of the Reader's Attitudes in Book 1, Chapters 1-11"?
(a) Jezebel.
(b) Shamela.
(c) Shacks.
(d) Fielding.

4. Whose character do critics of Fielding's work all appear to support?
(a) Henry.
(b) Adams.
(c) Jan.
(d) Mark.

5. Who writes "Thematic Meaning and Structure"?
(a) Adams.
(b) Fielding.
(c) Battlestin.
(d) Jezebel.

6. In Shamela, Parson Tickletext writes Parson Oliver with a copy of _____.
(a) Booby.
(b) Pamela.
(c) Shamela.
(d) Williams.

7. What is Conyers's relationship to Hervey in "The History of the Life of Marcus Tullius Cicero"?
(a) He is his brother.
(b) He is his master.
(c) He is his friend.
(d) He is his servant.

8. Whose bed does Didapper jump into, thinking it belongs to Fanny?
(a) Slipslop's.
(b) Adams'.
(c) Brian's.
(d) Jessica's.

9. In "The Apology for the Clergy," what does Fielding say is serviceable to detect and expose in the clergy?
(a) Lies.
(b) Unworthy people.
(c) Speeches.
(d) Exaggerations.

10. What does Joseph show when he is in the country especially when confronted with the obstacles to marrying Fanny?
(a) Poise.
(b) Humor.
(c) Frustration.
(d) Anger.

11. How many men do Destiny and Cave separate in nightshirts to stop them from fighting at the inn where they are staying?
(a) 8.
(b) 9.
(c) 7.
(d) 10.

12. Who does Fielding frequently satirize in "The Champion"?
(a) Walpole.
(b) Joseph.
(c) Andrews.
(d) Adams.

13. When Lady Booby surprises Adams's household with her arrival, who does she try to set Fanny up with?
(a) Beau.
(b) Jan.
(c) Marks.
(d) James.

14. Who does Pamela thank for preserving her innocence from Mr. B?
(a) Henry.
(b) God.
(c) Fielding.
(d) Joseph.

15. Where does Adam end up sleeping, tired after the confusion surrounding Didapper, Fanny, Booby, and others with regards to sleeping and sex?
(a) Fanny's room.
(b) Adams' room.
(c) Joseph's room.
(d) Jan's room.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Ragotin borrow a horse initially in "Le Roman Comique"?

2. When is "Essay on Good Nature" written?

3. In Letter 2, what does Shamela say about the squire?

4. When Jacky reads the history of Leonard and his wife who constantly quarrel, who assures them that each is right and the person who is right should always submit?

5. What does the squire do to the boy after Don Quixote interferes?

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