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

2. What is Shamela warned about not repeating in Letter 3 by Henrietta?
(a) Her folly with Booby.
(b) Her folly with Henry.
(c) Her folly with Andrews.
(d) Her folly with Williams.

3. In what year does George Cheyne write Samuel Richardson that Fielding's wretched performance will only entertain porters or watermen?
(a) 1899.
(b) 1842.
(c) 1742.
(d) 1780.

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

5. Where does Shamela go when Mrs. Jervis plans to sell her to Mr. Booby?
(a) Maryland.
(b) San Francisco.
(c) Williamsburg.
(d) Lincolnshire.

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 is the villain and housekeeper of Mr. B's property that Pamela is abducted to in "Pamela, or Virtue Rewarded"?

3. In "Fielding's Guidance of the Reader's Attitudes in Book 1, Chapters 1-11," the narrator in "Joseph Andrews" is a _____ character.

4. Who discovers the parentage of Fanny?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does the peddler assist Joseph in finding his true identity?

3. In "Essay on Reputation," how does Fielding distinguish virtue and vice?

4. Why is Pamela called Shamela by a clergyman?

5. How is "Histoire de Gil Blas de Santillane" similar to Fielding's work?

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

7. How does Fielding define charity?

8. Why is Pamela uncomfortable at the Lincolnshire estate where she is abducted?

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. How is Pamela different from Shamela in her reaction to Mr. Booby?

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