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