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A) 1727 B) 1737 C) 1707 D) 1717
A) Emma B) 1984 C) Moby Dick D) 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
A) Magistrate B) Architect C) Physician D) Ship Captain
A) Theatre of the Absurd B) The Historical Register for the Year 1736 C) The Critic D) The Government Inspector
A) 1764 B) 1754 C) 1774 D) 1784
A) The Boston Tea Party B) The Great Plague C) The Licensing Act of 1737 D) The French Revolution
A) Sophia B) Shamela C) Miranda D) Lucinda
A) Shamela B) Joseph Andrews C) Amelia D) Jonathan Wild
A) Joseph Addison B) John Fielding C) Alexander Pope D) John Dryden
A) Eton College B) Middle Temple C) Leiden University D) University of London
A) The Bow Street Runners B) The Westminster Watch C) The Eton Guards D) The Middle Temple Police
A) George Lyttelton B) Ralph Allen C) William Pitt the Elder D) Charles Spencer
A) Pastoral poetry B) Tragic drama C) Comic epic poem in prose D) Historical fiction
A) William Pitt the Elder B) Charles Spencer C) Lord Chesterfield D) George Lyttelton
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
A) The Cobhamites B) The Scriblerus Club C) The Whig Party D) The Etonians
A) Don Quixote in England B) Pasquin C) The Universal Gallant D) Tom Thumb
A) The Craftsman B) The Champion; or, British Mercury C) Common Sense D) Pasquin
A) A romantic comedy B) A political satire C) An adventure story D) A case involving a female transvestite and marriage fraud
A) Mr. Partridge B) Blifil C) Squire Allworthy D) Sophia Western
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
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
A) Tom Thumb the Great B) Don Quixote in England C) The Sot D) The Universal Gallant
A) Pasquin B) Tom Thumb C) Don Quixote in England D) The Universal Gallant
A) Satirical burlesque with a diminutive hero B) Political commentary C) Historical drama D) Romantic adventure
A) 1743 B) 1741 C) 1742 D) 1751
A) Eurydice, A Farce B) The Universal Gallant C) The Modern Husband D) The Intriguing Chambermaid
A) 1732 B) 1728 C) 1731 D) 1730
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
A) Henry Fielding B) William Fielding C) John Fielding D) James Gabriel Montresor
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
A) The Old Debauchees B) The Author's Farce C) Tom Thumb the Great: A Burlesque Tragedy D) The Lottery
A) 1749 B) 1753 C) 1734 D) 1744
A) 1746 B) 1749 C) 1751 D) 1743
A) Thomas Arne B) Juvenal C) Molière D) Jean-François Regnard
A) Twenty-five B) Ten C) Fifty D) Above thirty
A) The Miser B) Miss Lucy in Town C) Eurydice Hiss'd, or A Word to the Wise D) The Universal Gallant
A) Burlesque tragedy B) Farce C) Closet drama D) Ballad opera
A) Wells, England B) Oxford, England C) Lisbon, Portugal D) London, England
A) Historical account B) Satire C) Travel narrative D) Poetry collection
A) Voltaire B) M. Gustaf Adlerfelt (Gustavus Adlerfeld) C) John Dryden D) Charles XII himself
A) 1740 B) 1752 C) 1743 D) 1755
A) 1755 B) 1743 C) 1760 D) 1752
A) Mary Daniel B) Henrietta Fielding C) Sarah Fielding D) Charlotte Craddock
A) Five B) Four C) Two D) Three
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
A) The Old Debauchees B) Rape Upon Rape C) Don Quixote in England D) Tom Thumb the Great: A Burlesque Tragedy
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
A) The death penalty B) Capital punishment C) Public hangings D) Prison sentences
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
A) 1754 B) 1749 C) 1753 D) 1752
A) Captain Hercules Vinegar B) Jonathan Wild C) H. Scriblerus Secundus D) Squire Allworthy |