Henry Fielding - Test
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) Moby Dick
B) Emma
C) 1984
D) Tom Jones
  • 3. What is the full name of Henry Fielding's famous novel 'Tom Jones'?
A) The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling
B) Tom Jones: A Love Story
C) Tom Jones and the Adventure of a Lifetime
D) The Adventures of Tom Jones
  • 4. What profession did Henry Fielding also hold aside from being a novelist?
A) Ship Captain
B) Physician
C) Architect
D) Magistrate
  • 5. What is the title of Henry Fielding's satirical play that criticizes the Walpole government?
A) The Critic
B) The Historical Register for the Year 1736
C) Theatre of the Absurd
D) The Government Inspector
  • 6. In what year did Henry Fielding die?
A) 1764
B) 1784
C) 1754
D) 1774
  • 7. What event inspired Henry Fielding to start writing plays and prose satire?
A) The French Revolution
B) The Licensing Act of 1737
C) The Great Plague
D) The Boston Tea Party
  • 8. What was the name of Henry Fielding's satire of Samuel Richardson's 'Pamela'?
A) Lucinda
B) Sophia
C) Shamela
D) Miranda
  • 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) Alexander Pope
B) John Fielding
C) Joseph Addison
D) John Dryden
  • 11. Which university did Henry Fielding attend for his studies in classics and law?
A) University of London
B) Leiden University
C) Middle Temple
D) Eton College
  • 12. What was the name of London's first professional police force founded by Fielding?
A) The Westminster Watch
B) The Bow Street Runners
C) The Eton Guards
D) The Middle Temple Police
  • 13. Who was Henry Fielding's wealthy benefactor that helped support his family?
A) Ralph Allen
B) William Pitt the Elder
C) Charles Spencer
D) George Lyttelton
  • 14. Which literary form did Fielding blend in 'Joseph Andrews'?
A) Comic epic poem in prose
B) Tragic drama
C) Historical fiction
D) Pastoral poetry
  • 15. What was the name of the opposition Whig MP who supported Fielding's writing for The Craftsman?
A) Lord Chesterfield
B) Charles Spencer
C) William Pitt the Elder
D) George Lyttelton
  • 16. What was the subject matter of 'Jonathan Wild, the Great'?
A) A romantic adventure
B) A satire equating Walpole with a gang leader and highwayman
C) A historical account of British politics
D) A biography of Jonathan Wild
  • 17. Which literary club did Fielding associate himself with through the pseudonym 'H. Scriblerus Secundus'?
A) The Whig Party
B) The Cobhamites
C) The Etonians
D) The Scriblerus Club
  • 18. What was the title of Fielding's play dedicated to Lord Chesterfield?
A) Don Quixote in England
B) The Universal Gallant
C) Pasquin
D) Tom Thumb
  • 19. Which publication did Fielding co-found and initially edit under the persona 'Captain Hercules Vinegar'?
A) Pasquin
B) The Champion; or, British Mercury
C) Common Sense
D) The Craftsman
  • 20. What was the main theme of Fielding's 'Female Husband'?
A) A political satire
B) A case involving a female transvestite and marriage fraud
C) A romantic comedy
D) An adventure story
  • 21. Which character in 'Tom Jones' is based on Fielding's benefactor?
A) Mr. Partridge
B) Blifil
C) Squire Allworthy
D) Sophia Western
  • 22. 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
  • 23. What was Fielding's role in law enforcement history?
A) He established the Eton School of Law
B) He wrote legal textbooks
C) He founded the Bow Street Runners, London's first professional police force
D) He served as a judge in the Middle Temple
  • 24. What was Fielding's relationship with William Pitt the Elder?
A) They co-authored several plays
B) Pitt was Fielding's patron
C) Pitt was a rival playwright
D) They were lifelong friends from their time at Eton College
  • 25. What was the primary theme of Fielding's 'Tom Thumb'?
A) Romantic adventure
B) Satirical burlesque with a diminutive hero
C) Political commentary
D) Historical drama
  • 26. What was the main focus of Fielding's writing in The Craftsman?
A) Support for Sir Robert Walpole
B) Opposition to bribery and corruption in British politics
C) Biographies of political figures
D) Celebration of Whig heroes
  • 27. What was the pseudonym used by Fielding to link himself with the Scriblerus Club?
A) H. Scriblerus Secundus
B) Squire Allworthy
C) Jonathan Wild
D) Captain Hercules Vinegar
  • 28. Which of Fielding's works was dedicated to Charles Spencer, 3rd Duke of Marlborough?
A) Pasquin
B) The Universal Gallant
C) Don Quixote in England
D) Tom Thumb
  • 29. In what year did Henry Fielding marry Charlotte Craddock?
A) 1753
B) 1734
C) 1744
D) 1749
  • 30. How many children did Henry and Charlotte Fielding have together?
A) Four
B) Two
C) Three
D) Five
  • 31. Who was Henrietta Fielding married to before her death at age 23?
A) Henry Fielding
B) James Gabriel Montresor
C) William Fielding
D) John Fielding
  • 32. Who did Henry Fielding marry after Charlotte's death?
A) Henrietta Fielding
B) Mary Daniel
C) Charlotte Craddock
D) Sarah Fielding
  • 33. What did Henry Fielding propose to abolish in his influential pamphlets?
A) The death penalty
B) Capital punishment
C) Public hangings
D) Prison sentences
  • 34. Which year did Henry Fielding publish 'Proposals for Making an Effectual Provision for the Poor'?
A) 1752
B) 1753
C) 1749
D) 1754
  • 35. In which year did Henry Fielding publish 'An Apology for the Life of Mrs. Shamela Andrews'?
A) 1751
B) 1741
C) 1742
D) 1743
  • 36. Where did Henry Fielding die?
A) Wells, England
B) London, England
C) Oxford, England
D) Lisbon, Portugal
  • 37. Which novel by Henry Fielding was published in 1751?
A) A Journey from this World to the Next
B) An Apology for the Life of Mrs. Shamela Andrews
C) Amelia
D) The History of the Adventures of Joseph Andrews and his Friend, Mr. Abraham Adams
  • 38. In which year did Henry Fielding publish 'The Female Husband'?
A) 1751
B) 1749
C) 1743
D) 1746
  • 39. In which year was 'Rape upon Rape; or, The Justice Caught in his own Trap' originally published?
A) 1731
B) 1730
C) 1732
D) 1728
  • 40. 'The Covent-Garden Tragedy' originally appeared in repertory with which play?
A) Tom Thumb the Great: A Burlesque Tragedy
B) The Author's Farce
C) The Lottery
D) The Old Debauchees
  • 41. 'The Mock Doctor: or The Dumb Lady Cur'd' was adapted from a play by which author?
A) Molière
B) Juvenal
C) Jean-François Regnard
D) Thomas Arne
  • 42. 'Don Quixote in England' is a type of which musical genre?
A) Ballad opera
B) Closet drama
C) Farce
D) Burlesque tragedy
  • 43. 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) The Miser
C) Miss Lucy in Town
D) The Universal Gallant
  • 44. 'Lock Up Your Daughters' is a musical based on which of Fielding's plays?
A) Rape Upon Rape
B) Don Quixote in England
C) Tom Thumb the Great: A Burlesque Tragedy
D) The Old Debauchees
  • 45. 'Eurydice Hiss'd, or A Word to the Wise' is a sequel to which play?
A) The Universal Gallant
B) Eurydice, A Farce
C) The Intriguing Chambermaid
D) The Modern Husband
  • 46. '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) William Holcroft's adaptation of The Covent-Garden Tragedy
D) Eliza Haywood and William Hatchett's Opera of Operas
  • 47. 'Squire Badger: A burletta in two acts' was revived under what name?
A) Don Quixote in England
B) The Universal Gallant
C) Tom Thumb the Great
D) The Sot
  • 48. 'The Rival Queens' is an adaptation of which Fielding play?
A) Don Quixote in England
B) The Covent-Garden Tragedy
C) Tom Thumb the Great: A Burlesque Tragedy
D) Rape upon Rape; or, The Justice Caught in his own Trap
  • 49. In what year was 'The military history of Charles XII' translated by Henry Fielding published?
A) 1755
B) 1743
C) 1740
D) 1752
  • 50. Who wrote the original work that Henry Fielding translated regarding Charles XII of Sweden?
A) Charles XII himself
B) M. Gustaf Adlerfelt (Gustavus Adlerfeld)
C) John Dryden
D) Voltaire
  • 51. In which year was 'The Covent-Garden Journal' published?
A) 1760
B) 1755
C) 1752
D) 1743
  • 52. What genre does 'The Journal of a Voyage to Lisbon' belong to?
A) Travel narrative
B) Poetry collection
C) Satire
D) Historical account
  • 53. How many cases are discussed in Fielding's work on the detection and punishment of murder?
A) Fifty
B) Above thirty
C) Ten
D) Twenty-five
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