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Henry Fielding - Quiz
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  • 1. What year was Henry Fielding born?
A) 1737
B) 1707
C) 1727
D) 1717
  • 2. Which of the following novels was written by Henry Fielding?
A) 1984
B) Moby Dick
C) Emma
D) Tom Jones
  • 3. What is the full name of Henry Fielding's famous novel 'Tom Jones'?
A) Tom Jones and the Adventure of a Lifetime
B) Tom Jones: A Love Story
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) Architect
B) Physician
C) Ship Captain
D) Magistrate
  • 5. What is the title of Henry Fielding's satirical play that criticizes the Walpole government?
A) The Government Inspector
B) Theatre of the Absurd
C) The Critic
D) The Historical Register for the Year 1736
  • 6. In what year did Henry Fielding die?
A) 1764
B) 1774
C) 1784
D) 1754
  • 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) Shamela
B) Sophia
C) Miranda
D) Lucinda
  • 9. Which of the following works by Henry Fielding is considered his first major novel?
A) Joseph Andrews
B) Jonathan Wild
C) Amelia
D) Shamela
  • 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 Bow Street Runners
B) The Middle Temple Police
C) The Eton Guards
D) The Westminster Watch
  • 13. Who was Henry Fielding's wealthy benefactor that helped support his family?
A) Ralph Allen
B) William Pitt the Elder
C) George Lyttelton
D) Charles Spencer
  • 14. Which literary form did Fielding blend in 'Joseph Andrews'?
A) Comic epic poem in prose
B) Tragic drama
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) Charles Spencer
B) George Lyttelton
C) William Pitt the Elder
D) Lord Chesterfield
  • 16. What was the subject matter of 'Jonathan Wild, the Great'?
A) A historical account of British politics
B) A biography of Jonathan Wild
C) A romantic adventure
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 Whig Party
C) The Cobhamites
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) 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 case involving a female transvestite and marriage fraud
B) An adventure story
C) A political satire
D) A romantic comedy
  • 21. Which character in 'Tom Jones' is based on Fielding's benefactor?
A) Sophia Western
B) Blifil
C) Mr. Partridge
D) Squire Allworthy
  • 22. Which novel by Henry Fielding was published in 1751?
A) Amelia
B) An Apology for the Life of Mrs. Shamela Andrews
C) The History of the Adventures of Joseph Andrews and his Friend, Mr. Abraham Adams
D) A Journey from this World to the Next
  • 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) Don Quixote in England
D) Tom Thumb the Great: A Burlesque Tragedy
  • 24. 'Squire Badger: A burletta in two acts' was revived under what name?
A) Don Quixote in England
B) The Sot
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) Tom Thumb
B) Pasquin
C) The Universal Gallant
D) Don Quixote in England
  • 26. What was the primary theme of Fielding's 'Tom Thumb'?
A) Satirical burlesque with a diminutive hero
B) Historical drama
C) Romantic adventure
D) Political commentary
  • 27. In which year did Henry Fielding publish 'An Apology for the Life of Mrs. Shamela Andrews'?
A) 1741
B) 1751
C) 1743
D) 1742
  • 28. 'Eurydice Hiss'd, or A Word to the Wise' is a sequel to which play?
A) The Universal Gallant
B) The Modern Husband
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) 1732
B) 1730
C) 1728
D) 1731
  • 30. What was Fielding's role in law enforcement history?
A) He served as a judge in the Middle Temple
B) He founded the Bow Street Runners, London's first professional police force
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) James Gabriel Montresor
B) John Fielding
C) William Fielding
D) Henry Fielding
  • 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) They co-authored several plays
D) Pitt was Fielding's patron
  • 33. 'The Covent-Garden Tragedy' originally appeared in repertory with which play?
A) The Lottery
B) The Old Debauchees
C) The Author's Farce
D) Tom Thumb the Great: A Burlesque Tragedy
  • 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) 1751
B) 1749
C) 1743
D) 1746
  • 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) Ten
B) Twenty-five
C) Above thirty
D) Fifty
  • 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) The Universal Gallant
C) The Miser
D) Miss Lucy in Town
  • 39. 'Don Quixote in England' is a type of which musical genre?
A) Farce
B) Closet drama
C) Burlesque tragedy
D) Ballad opera
  • 40. Where did Henry Fielding die?
A) Lisbon, Portugal
B) Wells, England
C) London, England
D) Oxford, England
  • 41. What genre does 'The Journal of a Voyage to Lisbon' belong to?
A) Poetry collection
B) Historical account
C) Travel narrative
D) Satire
  • 42. Who wrote the original work that Henry Fielding translated regarding Charles XII of Sweden?
A) Voltaire
B) John Dryden
C) M. Gustaf Adlerfelt (Gustavus Adlerfeld)
D) Charles XII himself
  • 43. In what year was 'The military history of Charles XII' translated by Henry Fielding published?
A) 1743
B) 1740
C) 1752
D) 1755
  • 44. In which year was 'The Covent-Garden Journal' published?
A) 1752
B) 1743
C) 1755
D) 1760
  • 45. Who did Henry Fielding marry after Charlotte's death?
A) Charlotte Craddock
B) Mary Daniel
C) Henrietta Fielding
D) Sarah Fielding
  • 46. How many children did Henry and Charlotte Fielding have together?
A) Four
B) Three
C) Two
D) Five
  • 47. What was the impact of Theatrical Licensing Act 1737 on Fielding's career?
A) It boosted his popularity as a novelist
B) It led him to write more comedies
C) It ended his career as a playwright due to restrictions on political satire
D) It had no significant impact
  • 48. 'Lock Up Your Daughters' is a musical based on which of Fielding's plays?
A) Tom Thumb the Great: A Burlesque Tragedy
B) The Old Debauchees
C) Don Quixote in England
D) Rape Upon Rape
  • 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) Prison sentences
B) Public hangings
C) The death penalty
D) Capital punishment
  • 51. What was the main focus of Fielding's writing in The Craftsman?
A) Opposition to bribery and corruption in British politics
B) Support for Sir Robert Walpole
C) Biographies of political figures
D) Celebration of Whig heroes
  • 52. Which year did Henry Fielding publish 'Proposals for Making an Effectual Provision for the Poor'?
A) 1754
B) 1753
C) 1752
D) 1749
  • 53. What was the pseudonym used by Fielding to link himself with the Scriblerus Club?
A) Squire Allworthy
B) H. Scriblerus Secundus
C) Captain Hercules Vinegar
D) Jonathan Wild
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