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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the eighteen-year-old whose story is told by a lady in the coach?
(a) Angela.
(b) Jan.
(c) Leonara.
(d) Jezebel.

2. Since Joseph is not well enough to travel, from whom does Adams ask to borrow money to travel?
(a) Shamela.
(b) Parsons.
(c) Andrews.
(d) Tow-house.

3. What does Fanny possess that mollifies other people who meet her, such as the owner of the hounds?
(a) Good manners.
(b) Wealth.
(c) Courage.
(d) Beauty.

4. What does Barnabas doubt that Adams can profit from selling?
(a) His letters.
(b) His clothes.
(c) His sermons.
(d) His books.

5. What does Wilson see the pleasures of the world as?
(a) Easy and fun.
(b) Winsome.
(c) Delightful and excessive.
(d) Folly and vanity.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Wilson?

2. To whom does Joseph remain loyal despite temptations by other women?

3. To what does Wilson lose his fortune?

4. What does Fielding satirize while describing biographies?

5. Whose Methodist doctrines do Adam and Barnabas discuss that invoke the ire of the clergy?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Wilson fail to participate in Harriet's father's trade?

2. Why does Adams admonish Joseph for grieving over Fanny when she is kidnapped?

3. What does the attack by the master's hounds reveal about the master?

4. What is the major theme of Fielding's book?

5. What is the importance of the Preface to "Joseph Andrews" for the remainder of the book?

6. When Adams's wife chides him on opposing the Booby household, what does Adam reveal about his inclinations?

7. What does the gold that Joseph gives Fanny symbolize?

8. What does Joseph's encounter with the stagecoach reveal?

9. Why is Pounce considered selfish by Adams despite rescuing Fanny?

10. How are Wilson and Adams similar in virtue?

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