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Henry Fielding - Test
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  • 1. What year was Henry Fielding born?
A) 1717
B) 1727
C) 1737
D) 1707
  • 2. Which of the following novels was written by Henry Fielding?
A) Moby Dick
B) 1984
C) Tom Jones
D) Emma
  • 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 History of Tom Jones, a Foundling
C) Tom Jones: A Love Story
D) The Adventures of Tom Jones
  • 4. What profession did Henry Fielding also hold aside from being a novelist?
A) Physician
B) Magistrate
C) Architect
D) Ship Captain
  • 5. What is the title of Henry Fielding's satirical play that criticizes the Walpole government?
A) The Historical Register for the Year 1736
B) Theatre of the Absurd
C) The Government Inspector
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 French Revolution
B) The Licensing Act of 1737
C) The Boston Tea Party
D) The Great Plague
  • 8. What was the name of Henry Fielding's satire of Samuel Richardson's 'Pamela'?
A) Shamela
B) Lucinda
C) Miranda
D) Sophia
  • 9. Which of the following works by Henry Fielding is considered his first major novel?
A) Joseph Andrews
B) Shamela
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) University of London
B) Middle Temple
C) Leiden University
D) Eton College
  • 12. What was the name of London's first professional police force founded by Fielding?
A) The Eton Guards
B) The Bow Street Runners
C) The Westminster Watch
D) The Middle Temple Police
  • 13. Who was Henry Fielding's wealthy benefactor that helped support his family?
A) Charles Spencer
B) George Lyttelton
C) Ralph Allen
D) William Pitt the Elder
  • 14. Which literary form did Fielding blend in 'Joseph Andrews'?
A) Tragic drama
B) Pastoral poetry
C) Historical fiction
D) Comic epic poem in prose
  • 15. What was the name of the opposition Whig MP who supported Fielding's writing for The Craftsman?
A) Charles Spencer
B) Lord Chesterfield
C) George Lyttelton
D) William Pitt the Elder
  • 16. What was the subject matter of 'Jonathan Wild, the Great'?
A) A satire equating Walpole with a gang leader and highwayman
B) A biography of Jonathan Wild
C) A historical account of British politics
D) A romantic adventure
  • 17. Which literary club did Fielding associate himself with through the pseudonym 'H. Scriblerus Secundus'?
A) The Etonians
B) The Scriblerus Club
C) The Whig Party
D) The Cobhamites
  • 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) Common Sense
B) Pasquin
C) The Craftsman
D) The Champion; or, British Mercury
  • 20. What was the main theme of Fielding's 'Female Husband'?
A) An adventure story
B) A romantic comedy
C) A case involving a female transvestite and marriage fraud
D) A political satire
  • 21. Which character in 'Tom Jones' is based on Fielding's benefactor?
A) Blifil
B) Squire Allworthy
C) Sophia Western
D) Mr. Partridge
  • 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) Rape upon Rape; or, The Justice Caught in his own Trap
B) The Covent-Garden Tragedy
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 Universal Gallant
B) Tom Thumb the Great
C) Don Quixote in England
D) The Sot
  • 25. Which of Fielding's works was dedicated to Charles Spencer, 3rd Duke of Marlborough?
A) The Universal Gallant
B) Don Quixote in England
C) Pasquin
D) Tom Thumb
  • 26. What was the primary theme of Fielding's 'Tom Thumb'?
A) Political commentary
B) Satirical burlesque with a diminutive hero
C) Romantic adventure
D) Historical drama
  • 27. In which year did Henry Fielding publish 'An Apology for the Life of Mrs. Shamela Andrews'?
A) 1741
B) 1742
C) 1751
D) 1743
  • 28. 'Eurydice Hiss'd, or A Word to the Wise' is a sequel to which play?
A) The Modern Husband
B) The Universal Gallant
C) Eurydice, A Farce
D) The Intriguing Chambermaid
  • 29. In which year was 'Rape upon Rape; or, The Justice Caught in his own Trap' originally published?
A) 1728
B) 1731
C) 1730
D) 1732
  • 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) William Fielding
B) John Fielding
C) James Gabriel Montresor
D) Henry Fielding
  • 32. What was Fielding's relationship with William Pitt the Elder?
A) Pitt was Fielding's patron
B) Pitt was a rival playwright
C) They co-authored several plays
D) They were lifelong friends from their time at Eton College
  • 33. 'The Covent-Garden Tragedy' originally appeared in repertory with which play?
A) The Lottery
B) Tom Thumb the Great: A Burlesque Tragedy
C) The Author's Farce
D) The Old Debauchees
  • 34. In what year did Henry Fielding marry Charlotte Craddock?
A) 1749
B) 1753
C) 1744
D) 1734
  • 35. In which year did Henry Fielding publish 'The Female Husband'?
A) 1746
B) 1743
C) 1749
D) 1751
  • 36. 'The Mock Doctor: or The Dumb Lady Cur'd' was adapted from a play by which author?
A) Juvenal
B) Molière
C) Thomas Arne
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) Above thirty
C) Fifty
D) Ten
  • 38. Which play by Henry Fielding had incidental music composed by Thomas Arne and was based on works by Molière and Plautus?
A) Miss Lucy in Town
B) The Miser
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) Ballad opera
B) Burlesque tragedy
C) Farce
D) Closet drama
  • 40. Where did Henry Fielding die?
A) Oxford, England
B) Wells, England
C) Lisbon, Portugal
D) London, England
  • 41. What genre does 'The Journal of a Voyage to Lisbon' belong to?
A) Poetry collection
B) Historical account
C) Satire
D) Travel narrative
  • 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) 1755
B) 1740
C) 1743
D) 1752
  • 44. In which year was 'The Covent-Garden Journal' published?
A) 1743
B) 1755
C) 1752
D) 1760
  • 45. Who did Henry Fielding marry after Charlotte's death?
A) Mary Daniel
B) Charlotte Craddock
C) Henrietta Fielding
D) Sarah Fielding
  • 46. How many children did Henry and Charlotte Fielding have together?
A) Four
B) Three
C) Five
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 boosted his popularity as a novelist
D) It led him to write more comedies
  • 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) Tom Thumb the Great: A Burlesque Tragedy
D) Rape Upon Rape
  • 49. 'The Fathers' was published posthumously with which other work?
A) Eliza Haywood and William Hatchett's Opera of Operas
B) Oliver Goldsmith's The Good-Natur'd Man
C) Thomas Arne's incidental music for The Miser
D) William Holcroft's adaptation of The Covent-Garden Tragedy
  • 50. What did Henry Fielding propose to abolish in his influential pamphlets?
A) Prison sentences
B) The death penalty
C) Public hangings
D) Capital punishment
  • 51. What was the main focus of Fielding's writing in The Craftsman?
A) Celebration of Whig heroes
B) Opposition to bribery and corruption in British politics
C) Support for Sir Robert Walpole
D) Biographies of political figures
  • 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) H. Scriblerus Secundus
B) Squire Allworthy
C) Captain Hercules Vinegar
D) Jonathan Wild
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