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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. What does Peter Pounce do for Fanny?
(a) He rescues her.
(b) He marries her.
(c) He leaves her.
(d) He cooks her food.

2. Whose daughter is Harriet Hearty?
(a) The man who buys the ticket.
(b) The man who buys the ring.
(c) The man who buys the bookshelf.
(d) The man who buys the pen.

3. At the church, what is Mr. Abraham Adams's role?
(a) He is the priest.
(b) He is the writer.
(c) He is the governor.
(d) He is the curate.

4. After his father's death, what does Wilson set out to become but fails at?
(a) A stockbroker.
(b) A man of leisure.
(c) A gentleman.
(d) A writer.

5. What does the hostess of the inn offer Adams because she thinks that he is Trulliber's brother?
(a) Furniture.
(b) Books.
(c) Housing.
(d) Credit.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Wilson see the pleasures of the world as?

2. Whose carelessness allows the thief to escape in Chapter 16?

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

4. What does Fanny possess that mollifies other people who meet her, such as the owner of the hounds?

5. Who is the eighteen-year-old whose story is told by a lady in the coach?

Short Essay Questions

1. How are Wilson and Adams similar in virtue?

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

3. In what ways does Joseph reveal that he is maturing in how he responds to the gentleman's visit, differing from Adam's point of view?

4. What is the theme that Fielding illustrates through the argument in the alehouse and Mrs. Slipslop's arrival?

5. What does Fielding reveal about Betty through her actions that shows some conflict in her character?

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

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

8. Why is Lady Booby jealous of Fanny?

9. How does Fielding contrast biographies and romances?

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

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