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