Henry Fielding - Test
Henry Fielding
  • 1. What year was Henry Fielding born?
A) 1737
B) 1717
C) 1727
D) 1707
  • 2. Which of the following novels was written by Henry Fielding?
A) Tom Jones
B) 1984
C) Emma
D) Moby Dick
  • 3. What is the full name of Henry Fielding's famous novel 'Tom Jones'?
A) Tom Jones and the Adventure of a Lifetime
B) The Adventures of Tom Jones
C) The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling
D) Tom Jones: A Love Story
  • 4. What profession did Henry Fielding also hold aside from being a novelist?
A) Physician
B) Ship Captain
C) Magistrate
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 Government Inspector
C) The Historical Register for the Year 1736
D) The Critic
  • 6. In what year did Henry Fielding die?
A) 1764
B) 1754
C) 1784
D) 1774
  • 7. What event inspired Henry Fielding to start writing plays and prose satire?
A) The Great Plague
B) The Boston Tea Party
C) The Licensing Act of 1737
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) Amelia
B) Joseph Andrews
C) Shamela
D) Jonathan Wild
  • 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) Middle Temple
B) Eton College
C) Leiden University
D) University of London
  • 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) William Pitt the Elder
B) Charles Spencer
C) George Lyttelton
D) Ralph Allen
  • 14. Which literary form did Fielding blend in 'Joseph Andrews'?
A) Tragic drama
B) Comic epic poem in prose
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) George Lyttelton
B) Charles Spencer
C) Lord Chesterfield
D) William Pitt the Elder
  • 16. What was the subject matter of 'Jonathan Wild, the Great'?
A) A historical account of British politics
B) A romantic adventure
C) A biography of Jonathan Wild
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 Scriblerus Club
B) The Etonians
C) The Cobhamites
D) The Whig Party
  • 18. What was the title of Fielding's play dedicated to Lord Chesterfield?
A) Pasquin
B) Don Quixote in England
C) The Universal Gallant
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) The Craftsman
D) Common Sense
  • 20. What was the main theme of Fielding's 'Female Husband'?
A) A romantic comedy
B) An adventure story
C) A political satire
D) A case involving a female transvestite and marriage fraud
  • 21. Which character in 'Tom Jones' is based on Fielding's benefactor?
A) Blifil
B) Sophia Western
C) Mr. Partridge
D) Squire Allworthy
  • 22. Which novel by Henry Fielding was published in 1751?
A) An Apology for the Life of Mrs. Shamela Andrews
B) A Journey from this World to the Next
C) Amelia
D) The History of the Adventures of Joseph Andrews and his Friend, Mr. Abraham Adams
  • 23. 'The Rival Queens' is an adaptation of which Fielding play?
A) Don Quixote in England
B) The Covent-Garden Tragedy
C) Rape upon Rape; or, The Justice Caught in his own Trap
D) Tom Thumb the Great: A Burlesque Tragedy
  • 24. 'Squire Badger: A burletta in two acts' was revived under what name?
A) The Sot
B) Don Quixote in England
C) The Universal Gallant
D) Tom Thumb the Great
  • 25. Which of Fielding's works was dedicated to Charles Spencer, 3rd Duke of Marlborough?
A) The Universal Gallant
B) Tom Thumb
C) Pasquin
D) Don Quixote in England
  • 26. What was the primary theme of Fielding's 'Tom Thumb'?
A) Romantic adventure
B) Political commentary
C) Satirical burlesque with a diminutive hero
D) Historical drama
  • 27. In which year did Henry Fielding publish 'An Apology for the Life of Mrs. Shamela Andrews'?
A) 1742
B) 1741
C) 1743
D) 1751
  • 28. 'Eurydice Hiss'd, or A Word to the Wise' is a sequel to which play?
A) Eurydice, A Farce
B) The Intriguing Chambermaid
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) 1728
B) 1732
C) 1730
D) 1731
  • 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) James Gabriel Montresor
B) Henry Fielding
C) William Fielding
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) They co-authored several plays
C) Pitt was Fielding's patron
D) Pitt was a rival playwright
  • 33. 'The Covent-Garden Tragedy' originally appeared in repertory with which play?
A) The Author's Farce
B) Tom Thumb the Great: A Burlesque Tragedy
C) The Lottery
D) The Old Debauchees
  • 34. In what year did Henry Fielding marry Charlotte Craddock?
A) 1749
B) 1744
C) 1734
D) 1753
  • 35. In which year did Henry Fielding publish 'The Female Husband'?
A) 1746
B) 1749
C) 1743
D) 1751
  • 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) Ten
C) Twenty-five
D) Above thirty
  • 38. Which play by Henry Fielding had incidental music composed by Thomas Arne and was based on works by Molière and Plautus?
A) The Miser
B) Miss Lucy in Town
C) The Universal Gallant
D) Eurydice Hiss'd, or A Word to the Wise
  • 39. 'Don Quixote in England' is a type of which musical genre?
A) Burlesque tragedy
B) Farce
C) Ballad opera
D) Closet drama
  • 40. Where did Henry Fielding die?
A) Lisbon, Portugal
B) Oxford, England
C) London, England
D) Wells, 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) M. Gustaf Adlerfelt (Gustavus Adlerfeld)
B) Voltaire
C) John Dryden
D) Charles XII himself
  • 43. In what year was 'The military history of Charles XII' translated by Henry Fielding published?
A) 1740
B) 1755
C) 1752
D) 1743
  • 44. In which year was 'The Covent-Garden Journal' published?
A) 1743
B) 1760
C) 1752
D) 1755
  • 45. Who did Henry Fielding marry after Charlotte's death?
A) Charlotte Craddock
B) Mary Daniel
C) Sarah Fielding
D) Henrietta Fielding
  • 46. How many children did Henry and Charlotte Fielding have together?
A) Five
B) Two
C) Four
D) Three
  • 47. What was the impact of Theatrical Licensing Act 1737 on Fielding's career?
A) It led him to write more comedies
B) It boosted his popularity as a novelist
C) It had no significant impact
D) It ended his career as a playwright due to restrictions on political satire
  • 48. 'Lock Up Your Daughters' is a musical based on which of Fielding's plays?
A) The Old Debauchees
B) Tom Thumb the Great: A Burlesque Tragedy
C) Rape Upon Rape
D) Don Quixote in England
  • 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) Eliza Haywood and William Hatchett's Opera of Operas
D) Thomas Arne's incidental music for The Miser
  • 50. What did Henry Fielding propose to abolish in his influential pamphlets?
A) The death penalty
B) Capital punishment
C) Public hangings
D) Prison sentences
  • 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) 1753
B) 1752
C) 1749
D) 1754
  • 53. What was the pseudonym used by Fielding to link himself with the Scriblerus Club?
A) H. Scriblerus Secundus
B) Captain Hercules Vinegar
C) Jonathan Wild
D) Squire Allworthy
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