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Henry Fielding - Test
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  • 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) 1984
B) Emma
C) Tom Jones
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) Tom Jones: A Love Story
D) The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling
  • 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 Critic
B) The Historical Register for the Year 1736
C) The Government Inspector
D) Theatre of the Absurd
  • 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 Great Plague
B) The Boston Tea Party
C) The French Revolution
D) The Licensing Act of 1737
  • 8. What was the name of Henry Fielding's satire of Samuel Richardson's 'Pamela'?
A) Miranda
B) Shamela
C) Sophia
D) Lucinda
  • 9. Which of the following works by Henry Fielding is considered his first major novel?
A) Jonathan Wild
B) Joseph Andrews
C) Amelia
D) Shamela
  • 10. Which famous author and politician was Henry Fielding's half-brother?
A) John Fielding
B) Alexander Pope
C) Joseph Addison
D) John Dryden
  • 11. Which university did Henry Fielding attend for his studies in classics and law?
A) Leiden University
B) Middle Temple
C) Eton College
D) University of London
  • 12. What was the name of London's first professional police force founded by Fielding?
A) The Eton Guards
B) The Middle Temple Police
C) The Bow Street Runners
D) The Westminster Watch
  • 13. Who was Henry Fielding's wealthy benefactor that helped support his family?
A) William Pitt the Elder
B) George Lyttelton
C) Ralph Allen
D) Charles Spencer
  • 14. Which literary form did Fielding blend in 'Joseph Andrews'?
A) Pastoral poetry
B) Comic epic poem in prose
C) Historical fiction
D) Tragic drama
  • 15. What was the name of the opposition Whig MP who supported Fielding's writing for The Craftsman?
A) George Lyttelton
B) William Pitt the Elder
C) Lord Chesterfield
D) Charles Spencer
  • 16. What was the subject matter of 'Jonathan Wild, the Great'?
A) A satire equating Walpole with a gang leader and highwayman
B) A historical account of British politics
C) A romantic adventure
D) A biography of Jonathan Wild
  • 17. Which literary club did Fielding associate himself with through the pseudonym 'H. Scriblerus Secundus'?
A) The Scriblerus Club
B) The Cobhamites
C) The Etonians
D) The Whig Party
  • 18. What was the title of Fielding's play dedicated to Lord Chesterfield?
A) Pasquin
B) The Universal Gallant
C) Tom Thumb
D) Don Quixote in England
  • 19. Which publication did Fielding co-found and initially edit under the persona 'Captain Hercules Vinegar'?
A) The Craftsman
B) Common Sense
C) Pasquin
D) The Champion; or, British Mercury
  • 20. What was the main theme of Fielding's 'Female Husband'?
A) A romantic comedy
B) A case involving a female transvestite and marriage fraud
C) An adventure story
D) A political satire
  • 21. Which character in 'Tom Jones' is based on Fielding's benefactor?
A) Mr. Partridge
B) Blifil
C) Sophia Western
D) Squire Allworthy
  • 22. Which novel by Henry Fielding was published in 1751?
A) Amelia
B) A Journey from this World to the Next
C) The History of the Adventures of Joseph Andrews and his Friend, Mr. Abraham Adams
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) The Sot
C) Tom Thumb the Great
D) Don Quixote in England
  • 25. Which of Fielding's works was dedicated to Charles Spencer, 3rd Duke of Marlborough?
A) Don Quixote in England
B) Tom Thumb
C) The Universal Gallant
D) Pasquin
  • 26. What was the primary theme of Fielding's 'Tom Thumb'?
A) Satirical burlesque with a diminutive hero
B) Historical drama
C) Political commentary
D) Romantic adventure
  • 27. In which year did Henry Fielding publish 'An Apology for the Life of Mrs. Shamela Andrews'?
A) 1742
B) 1743
C) 1741
D) 1751
  • 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) The Intriguing Chambermaid
D) Eurydice, A Farce
  • 29. In which year was 'Rape upon Rape; or, The Justice Caught in his own Trap' originally published?
A) 1731
B) 1730
C) 1732
D) 1728
  • 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 established the Eton School of Law
D) He wrote legal textbooks
  • 31. Who was Henrietta Fielding married to before her death at age 23?
A) Henry Fielding
B) John Fielding
C) William Fielding
D) James Gabriel Montresor
  • 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 Lottery
B) Tom Thumb the Great: A Burlesque Tragedy
C) The Old Debauchees
D) The Author's Farce
  • 34. In what year did Henry Fielding marry Charlotte Craddock?
A) 1744
B) 1734
C) 1753
D) 1749
  • 35. In which year did Henry Fielding publish 'The Female Husband'?
A) 1743
B) 1746
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) Thomas Arne
C) Molière
D) Jean-François Regnard
  • 37. How many cases are discussed in Fielding's work on the detection and punishment of murder?
A) Above thirty
B) Ten
C) Twenty-five
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) The Miser
B) Eurydice Hiss'd, or A Word to the Wise
C) The Universal Gallant
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) 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) Historical account
B) Travel narrative
C) Satire
D) Poetry collection
  • 42. Who wrote the original work that Henry Fielding translated regarding Charles XII of Sweden?
A) M. Gustaf Adlerfelt (Gustavus Adlerfeld)
B) Voltaire
C) Charles XII himself
D) John Dryden
  • 43. In what year was 'The military history of Charles XII' translated by Henry Fielding published?
A) 1743
B) 1740
C) 1755
D) 1752
  • 44. In which year was 'The Covent-Garden Journal' published?
A) 1760
B) 1752
C) 1755
D) 1743
  • 45. Who did Henry Fielding marry after Charlotte's death?
A) Henrietta Fielding
B) Sarah Fielding
C) Charlotte Craddock
D) Mary Daniel
  • 46. How many children did Henry and Charlotte Fielding have together?
A) Three
B) Four
C) Five
D) Two
  • 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 had no significant impact
D) It led him to write more comedies
  • 48. 'Lock Up Your Daughters' is a musical based on which of Fielding's plays?
A) Tom Thumb the Great: A Burlesque Tragedy
B) Rape Upon Rape
C) The Old Debauchees
D) Don Quixote in England
  • 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) The death penalty
B) Public hangings
C) Capital punishment
D) Prison sentences
  • 51. What was the main focus of Fielding's writing in The Craftsman?
A) Celebration of Whig heroes
B) Biographies of political figures
C) Opposition to bribery and corruption in British politics
D) Support for Sir Robert Walpole
  • 52. Which year did Henry Fielding publish 'Proposals for Making an Effectual Provision for the Poor'?
A) 1749
B) 1754
C) 1753
D) 1752
  • 53. What was the pseudonym used by Fielding to link himself with the Scriblerus Club?
A) Captain Hercules Vinegar
B) H. Scriblerus Secundus
C) Jonathan Wild
D) Squire Allworthy
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