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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What shows Wilson has made foolish choices in vices represented as typical of London?
(a) Marks' Tale.
(b) Wilson's Tale.
(c) Samuel's Tale.
(d) Jacob's Tale.

2. What elements does the narrator in "Joseph Andrews" have according to "Fielding's Guidance of the Reader's Attitudes in Book 1, Chapters 1-11"?
(a) Fearful.
(b) Romantic.
(c) Burlesque.
(d) Joyous.

3. What are Mr. Booby's intentions towards Shamela?
(a) Spiritual.
(b) Brotherly.
(c) Sexual.
(d) Fatherly.

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

5. Who discovers the parentage of Fanny?
(a) The innkeeper.
(b) The friend.
(c) The peddler.
(d) The priest.

6. Who does Don Quixote defeat in a fight and sends the man to present himself to Lady Donna Dulcinea?
(a) A Tuscan.
(b) A Frenchman.
(c) A Biscayan.
(d) A Catalan.

7. What does Pierre Francois Guyot Desfontaines think Fielding is one of the best at in England in terms of writing?
(a) Prose artists.
(b) Fiction writers.
(c) Comic poets.
(d) Dramatic poets.

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

9. In Modern Criticism, Mark Spilka's "Comic Resolution in Fielding's 'Joseph Andrews'" claims the _____ adventures at Booby Hall are among the most memorable scenes in the story.
(a) Night.
(b) Afternoon.
(c) Morning.
(d) Evening.

10. What does Joseph have that identifies him as Wilson's son?
(a) A temper.
(b) A birthmark.
(c) A book.
(d) A mole.

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

12. When Mr. B kisses Pamela while she is in bed, she almost ________ out of fear.
(a) Falls.
(b) Jumps.
(c) Cries.
(d) Faints.

13. When Joseph notices Didapper try to lay hold of Fanny, what ensues shortly thereafter?
(a) A game.
(b) A fight.
(c) A song.
(d) A visit.

14. What is the message conveyed in the copy of work that Parson Tickletext writes Parson Oliver about?
(a) Sacrifice of young men.
(b) Sacrifice of young women.
(c) Chastity of young men.
(d) Chastity of young women.

15. When Fanny was stolen by gypsies, who was put in her place as a child to be raised by the Andrews?
(a) Shamela.
(b) Joseph.
(c) Henry.
(d) Adams.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Pierre Carlet de Chamblain de Marivaux's "Le Paysan parvenu ou les Memoirs de M***," who protects his honor from Genevieve?

2. In "Essay on Good Nature," good nature delights in ________.

3. What is Conyers's relationship to Hervey in "The History of the Life of Marcus Tullius Cicero"?

4. Through what method does Fielding resolve most of the themes of "Joseph Andrews"?

5. What is John Lord Hervey considered in "The History of the Life of Marcus Tullius Cicero"?

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