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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Moll's first recollection?

2. What problem does Moll have getting the money her old nurse had saved for her?

3. What does the narrator say about the final scene in the story?

4. After the gentleman lover nearly dies, what happens to him?

5. Who is assumed to be the narrator of the story?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Defoe's stated purpose in presenting this book?

2. What excuse does the older brother give for not marrying Moll right away?

3. What is Moll's life like at first in Virginia?

4. After some repentance for their sleeping together, what do Moll and the gentleman do?

5. Who takes Moll in after the death of the Nurse?

6. What is Moll's experience with her second husband?

7. What are the stories her mother-in-law tells that eventually reveal she was herself transported from Newgate prison to America?

8. What does Moll know about her mother?

9. What is the complication that arises in the new family where Moll lives?

10. What happens to Moll's heart when the older brother takes an interest in her?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay of at least two typewritten, double spaced pages detailing three major types of transportation in the novel--horseback, the carriage, and boats and ships. Express your opinion on how such limited means of transportation affected 18th century life. Point out the hardships involved with each type of transportation. Discuss how means of transportation began to evolve in the 19th century because of a need for better ways of getting around.

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay of at least two typewritten, double spaced pages on Why I Would Not Like to Live in 18th Century England. Include in your essay the odds against being born into wealth or nobility, the modern conveniences that were not even dreamed of in that time, and the injustices against women and children.

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay of at least two typewritten, double spaced pages the disparity between the rich and the poor in 18th century England and the colonies. Discuss to what extent that disparity is directly related to feudalism and how it affected the history of the British colonies in America.

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