Henry Fielding - Quiz
Henry Fielding
  • 1. What year was Henry Fielding born?
A) 1727
B) 1737
C) 1717
D) 1707
  • 2. Which of the following novels was written by Henry Fielding?
A) Emma
B) Tom Jones
C) Moby Dick
D) 1984
  • 3. What is the full name of Henry Fielding's famous novel 'Tom Jones'?
A) Tom Jones and the Adventure of a Lifetime
B) Tom Jones: A Love Story
C) The Adventures of Tom Jones
D) The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling
  • 4. What profession did Henry Fielding also hold aside from being a novelist?
A) Ship Captain
B) Magistrate
C) Architect
D) Physician
  • 5. What is the title of Henry Fielding's satirical play that criticizes the Walpole government?
A) The Historical Register for the Year 1736
B) Theatre of the Absurd
C) The Critic
D) The Government Inspector
  • 6. In what year did Henry Fielding die?
A) 1764
B) 1784
C) 1774
D) 1754
  • 7. What event inspired Henry Fielding to start writing plays and prose satire?
A) The Licensing Act of 1737
B) The Boston Tea Party
C) The Great Plague
D) The French Revolution
  • 8. What was the name of Henry Fielding's satire of Samuel Richardson's 'Pamela'?
A) Lucinda
B) Miranda
C) Shamela
D) Sophia
  • 9. Which of the following works by Henry Fielding is considered his first major novel?
A) Joseph Andrews
B) Shamela
C) Jonathan Wild
D) Amelia
  • 10. Which famous author and politician was Henry Fielding's half-brother?
A) Joseph Addison
B) John Dryden
C) Alexander Pope
D) John Fielding
  • 11. Which university did Henry Fielding attend for his studies in classics and law?
A) Leiden University
B) University of London
C) Eton College
D) Middle Temple
  • 12. What was the name of London's first professional police force founded by Fielding?
A) The Bow Street Runners
B) The Westminster Watch
C) The Middle Temple Police
D) The Eton Guards
  • 13. Who was Henry Fielding's wealthy benefactor that helped support his family?
A) Ralph Allen
B) Charles Spencer
C) George Lyttelton
D) William Pitt the Elder
  • 14. Which literary form did Fielding blend in 'Joseph Andrews'?
A) Pastoral poetry
B) Historical fiction
C) Comic epic poem in prose
D) Tragic drama
  • 15. What was the name of the opposition Whig MP who supported Fielding's writing for The Craftsman?
A) Charles Spencer
B) George Lyttelton
C) William Pitt the Elder
D) Lord Chesterfield
  • 16. What was the subject matter of 'Jonathan Wild, the Great'?
A) A biography of Jonathan Wild
B) A historical account of British politics
C) A romantic adventure
D) A satire equating Walpole with a gang leader and highwayman
  • 17. Which literary club did Fielding associate himself with through the pseudonym 'H. Scriblerus Secundus'?
A) The Etonians
B) The Whig Party
C) The Scriblerus Club
D) The Cobhamites
  • 18. What was the title of Fielding's play dedicated to Lord Chesterfield?
A) The Universal Gallant
B) Pasquin
C) Tom Thumb
D) Don Quixote in England
  • 19. Which publication did Fielding co-found and initially edit under the persona 'Captain Hercules Vinegar'?
A) The Champion; or, British Mercury
B) Common Sense
C) Pasquin
D) The Craftsman
  • 20. What was the main theme of Fielding's 'Female Husband'?
A) An adventure story
B) A case involving a female transvestite and marriage fraud
C) A romantic comedy
D) A political satire
  • 21. Which character in 'Tom Jones' is based on Fielding's benefactor?
A) Sophia Western
B) Squire Allworthy
C) Mr. Partridge
D) Blifil
  • 22. Which novel by Henry Fielding was published in 1751?
A) A Journey from this World to the Next
B) The History of the Adventures of Joseph Andrews and his Friend, Mr. Abraham Adams
C) An Apology for the Life of Mrs. Shamela Andrews
D) Amelia
  • 23. 'The Rival Queens' is an adaptation of which Fielding play?
A) Rape upon Rape; or, The Justice Caught in his own Trap
B) The Covent-Garden Tragedy
C) Don Quixote in England
D) Tom Thumb the Great: A Burlesque Tragedy
  • 24. 'Squire Badger: A burletta in two acts' was revived under what name?
A) Don Quixote in England
B) Tom Thumb the Great
C) The Universal Gallant
D) The Sot
  • 25. Which of Fielding's works was dedicated to Charles Spencer, 3rd Duke of Marlborough?
A) The Universal Gallant
B) Pasquin
C) Tom Thumb
D) Don Quixote in England
  • 26. What was the primary theme of Fielding's 'Tom Thumb'?
A) Historical drama
B) Romantic adventure
C) Political commentary
D) Satirical burlesque with a diminutive hero
  • 27. In which year did Henry Fielding publish 'An Apology for the Life of Mrs. Shamela Andrews'?
A) 1743
B) 1741
C) 1742
D) 1751
  • 28. 'Eurydice Hiss'd, or A Word to the Wise' is a sequel to which play?
A) The Intriguing Chambermaid
B) Eurydice, A Farce
C) The Universal Gallant
D) The Modern Husband
  • 29. In which year was 'Rape upon Rape; or, The Justice Caught in his own Trap' originally published?
A) 1730
B) 1731
C) 1728
D) 1732
  • 30. What was Fielding's role in law enforcement history?
A) He established the Eton School of Law
B) He founded the Bow Street Runners, London's first professional police force
C) He served as a judge in the Middle Temple
D) He wrote legal textbooks
  • 31. Who was Henrietta Fielding married to before her death at age 23?
A) Henry Fielding
B) William Fielding
C) James Gabriel Montresor
D) John Fielding
  • 32. What was Fielding's relationship with William Pitt the Elder?
A) They were lifelong friends from their time at Eton College
B) Pitt was Fielding's patron
C) They co-authored several plays
D) Pitt was a rival playwright
  • 33. 'The Covent-Garden Tragedy' originally appeared in repertory with which play?
A) The Old Debauchees
B) The Lottery
C) The Author's Farce
D) Tom Thumb the Great: A Burlesque Tragedy
  • 34. In what year did Henry Fielding marry Charlotte Craddock?
A) 1749
B) 1744
C) 1753
D) 1734
  • 35. In which year did Henry Fielding publish 'The Female Husband'?
A) 1751
B) 1749
C) 1746
D) 1743
  • 36. 'The Mock Doctor: or The Dumb Lady Cur'd' was adapted from a play by which author?
A) Molière
B) Thomas Arne
C) Jean-François Regnard
D) Juvenal
  • 37. How many cases are discussed in Fielding's work on the detection and punishment of murder?
A) Ten
B) Above thirty
C) Twenty-five
D) Fifty
  • 38. Which play by Henry Fielding had incidental music composed by Thomas Arne and was based on works by Molière and Plautus?
A) Eurydice Hiss'd, or A Word to the Wise
B) Miss Lucy in Town
C) The Miser
D) The Universal Gallant
  • 39. 'Don Quixote in England' is a type of which musical genre?
A) Burlesque tragedy
B) Ballad opera
C) Farce
D) Closet drama
  • 40. Where did Henry Fielding die?
A) London, England
B) Wells, England
C) Lisbon, Portugal
D) Oxford, England
  • 41. What genre does 'The Journal of a Voyage to Lisbon' belong to?
A) Satire
B) Travel narrative
C) Poetry collection
D) Historical account
  • 42. Who wrote the original work that Henry Fielding translated regarding Charles XII of Sweden?
A) Voltaire
B) John Dryden
C) Charles XII himself
D) M. Gustaf Adlerfelt (Gustavus Adlerfeld)
  • 43. In what year was 'The military history of Charles XII' translated by Henry Fielding published?
A) 1752
B) 1755
C) 1740
D) 1743
  • 44. In which year was 'The Covent-Garden Journal' published?
A) 1752
B) 1743
C) 1760
D) 1755
  • 45. Who did Henry Fielding marry after Charlotte's death?
A) Mary Daniel
B) Henrietta Fielding
C) Charlotte Craddock
D) Sarah Fielding
  • 46. How many children did Henry and Charlotte Fielding have together?
A) Five
B) Four
C) Two
D) Three
  • 47. What was the impact of Theatrical Licensing Act 1737 on Fielding's career?
A) It ended his career as a playwright due to restrictions on political satire
B) It led him to write more comedies
C) It boosted his popularity as a novelist
D) It had no significant impact
  • 48. 'Lock Up Your Daughters' is a musical based on which of Fielding's plays?
A) Don Quixote in England
B) Tom Thumb the Great: A Burlesque Tragedy
C) Rape Upon Rape
D) The Old Debauchees
  • 49. 'The Fathers' was published posthumously with which other work?
A) Oliver Goldsmith's The Good-Natur'd Man
B) Thomas Arne's incidental music for The Miser
C) Eliza Haywood and William Hatchett's Opera of Operas
D) William Holcroft's adaptation of The Covent-Garden Tragedy
  • 50. What did Henry Fielding propose to abolish in his influential pamphlets?
A) Public hangings
B) Capital punishment
C) Prison sentences
D) The death penalty
  • 51. What was the main focus of Fielding's writing in The Craftsman?
A) Support for Sir Robert Walpole
B) Biographies of political figures
C) Opposition to bribery and corruption in British politics
D) Celebration of Whig heroes
  • 52. Which year did Henry Fielding publish 'Proposals for Making an Effectual Provision for the Poor'?
A) 1754
B) 1749
C) 1752
D) 1753
  • 53. What was the pseudonym used by Fielding to link himself with the Scriblerus Club?
A) Jonathan Wild
B) H. Scriblerus Secundus
C) Squire Allworthy
D) Captain Hercules Vinegar
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