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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. As Fielding professes that the clergyman is a successor of ___________'s disciples, the essay on clergy concludes.
(a) Madonna.
(b) Christ.
(c) The Father.
(d) The Holy Ghost.

2. In Letter 1, to whom does Shamela write a letter to about accommodations?
(a) Joseph.
(b) Fielding.
(c) Henrietta.
(d) Fanny.

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

4. What does Shamela pretend to do when Mr. Booby touches her bosom in Letter 6?
(a) Swoon.
(b) Laugh.
(c) Cry.
(d) Yell.

5. "Joseph Andrews" presents the moral problems of the assault against and the preservation of _______.
(a) Change.
(b) Fear.
(c) Love.
(d) Chastity.

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. Who does Fielding frequently satirize in "The Champion"?

3. Where does Shamela go when Mrs. Jervis plans to sell her to Mr. Booby?

4. In "The Apology for the Clergy," what does Fielding say is serviceable to detect and expose in the clergy?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Mr. Booby go to ecclesiastical court?

2. In "An Essay on the Knowledge of the Characters of Men," what does Fielding say about deceit?

3. How does Fielding define charity?

4. What does Thomas Gray say about Fielding's work?

5. In "Essay on Good Nature," what does Fielding say about good and ill nature?

6. How does the squire respond to Don Quixote's request regarding the boy in "The Life and Adventures of the Renown'd Don Quixote"?

7. Why do many critics like Fielding's characterization of Adams?

8. Why does Shamela plot to seduce Mr. Booby?

9. What is the significance of the night adventures at Booby Hall according to Mark Spilka's "Comic Resolution in Fielding's 'Joseph Andrews'"?

10. When Joseph rescues Fanny from the ill intentions of Beau Didapper, what does Lady Booby's presence at Adam's house reveal?

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