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Henry Fielding - Test
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  • 1. What year was Henry Fielding born?
A) 1727
B) 1737
C) 1717
D) 1707
  • 2. Which of the following novels was written by Henry Fielding?
A) Tom Jones
B) Emma
C) 1984
D) Moby Dick
  • 3. What is the full name of Henry Fielding's famous novel 'Tom Jones'?
A) The Adventures of Tom Jones
B) The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling
C) Tom Jones and the Adventure of a Lifetime
D) Tom Jones: A Love Story
  • 4. What profession did Henry Fielding also hold aside from being a novelist?
A) Ship Captain
B) Magistrate
C) Physician
D) Architect
  • 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) The Critic
C) The Government Inspector
D) Theatre of the Absurd
  • 6. In what year did Henry Fielding die?
A) 1784
B) 1754
C) 1774
D) 1764
  • 7. What event inspired Henry Fielding to start writing plays and prose satire?
A) The Boston Tea Party
B) The Great Plague
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) Shamela
B) Miranda
C) Sophia
D) Lucinda
  • 9. Which of the following works by Henry Fielding is considered his first major novel?
A) Joseph Andrews
B) Shamela
C) Jonathan Wild
D) Amelia
  • 10. Which famous author and politician was Henry Fielding's half-brother?
A) Joseph Addison
B) John Dryden
C) John Fielding
D) Alexander Pope
  • 11. Which university did Henry Fielding attend for his studies in classics and law?
A) Middle Temple
B) University of London
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 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) Charles Spencer
B) William Pitt the Elder
C) Ralph Allen
D) George Lyttelton
  • 14. Which literary form did Fielding blend in 'Joseph Andrews'?
A) Pastoral poetry
B) Tragic drama
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 Whig Party
C) The Scriblerus Club
D) The Cobhamites
  • 18. What was the title of Fielding's play dedicated to Lord Chesterfield?
A) Pasquin
B) The Universal Gallant
C) Don Quixote in England
D) Tom Thumb
  • 19. Which publication did Fielding co-found and initially edit under the persona 'Captain Hercules Vinegar'?
A) The Craftsman
B) Pasquin
C) The Champion; or, British Mercury
D) Common Sense
  • 20. What was the main theme of Fielding's 'Female Husband'?
A) An adventure story
B) A case involving a female transvestite and marriage fraud
C) A political satire
D) A romantic comedy
  • 21. Which character in 'Tom Jones' is based on Fielding's benefactor?
A) Mr. Partridge
B) Sophia Western
C) Squire Allworthy
D) Blifil
  • 22. Which novel by Henry Fielding was published in 1751?
A) The History of the Adventures of Joseph Andrews and his Friend, Mr. Abraham Adams
B) Amelia
C) An Apology for the Life of Mrs. Shamela Andrews
D) A Journey from this World to the Next
  • 23. 'The Rival Queens' is an adaptation of which Fielding play?
A) The Covent-Garden Tragedy
B) Rape upon Rape; or, The Justice Caught in his own Trap
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) Tom Thumb the Great
B) The Universal Gallant
C) The Sot
D) Don Quixote in England
  • 25. Which of Fielding's works was dedicated to Charles Spencer, 3rd Duke of Marlborough?
A) The Universal Gallant
B) Tom Thumb
C) Don Quixote in England
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) 1751
C) 1743
D) 1741
  • 28. 'Eurydice Hiss'd, or A Word to the Wise' is a sequel to which play?
A) The Intriguing Chambermaid
B) The Modern Husband
C) Eurydice, A Farce
D) The Universal Gallant
  • 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 wrote legal textbooks
B) He founded the Bow Street Runners, London's first professional police force
C) He established the Eton School of Law
D) He served as a judge in the Middle Temple
  • 31. Who was Henrietta Fielding married to before her death at age 23?
A) William Fielding
B) John Fielding
C) Henry Fielding
D) James Gabriel Montresor
  • 32. What was Fielding's relationship with William Pitt the Elder?
A) They co-authored several plays
B) They were lifelong friends from their time at Eton College
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 Author's Farce
B) Tom Thumb the Great: A Burlesque Tragedy
C) The Lottery
D) The Old Debauchees
  • 34. In what year did Henry Fielding marry Charlotte Craddock?
A) 1744
B) 1749
C) 1753
D) 1734
  • 35. In which year did Henry Fielding publish 'The Female Husband'?
A) 1746
B) 1743
C) 1751
D) 1749
  • 36. 'The Mock Doctor: or The Dumb Lady Cur'd' was adapted from a play by which author?
A) Molière
B) Thomas Arne
C) Jean-François Regnard
D) Juvenal
  • 37. How many cases are discussed in Fielding's work on the detection and punishment of murder?
A) Ten
B) Twenty-five
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) Eurydice Hiss'd, or A Word to the Wise
B) The Universal Gallant
C) Miss Lucy in Town
D) The Miser
  • 39. 'Don Quixote in England' is a type of which musical genre?
A) Farce
B) Closet drama
C) Ballad opera
D) Burlesque tragedy
  • 40. Where did Henry Fielding die?
A) Lisbon, Portugal
B) Oxford, England
C) London, England
D) Wells, England
  • 41. What genre does 'The Journal of a Voyage to Lisbon' belong to?
A) Historical account
B) Satire
C) Poetry collection
D) Travel narrative
  • 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) 1752
B) 1743
C) 1755
D) 1740
  • 44. In which year was 'The Covent-Garden Journal' published?
A) 1743
B) 1760
C) 1752
D) 1755
  • 45. Who did Henry Fielding marry after Charlotte's death?
A) Henrietta Fielding
B) Mary Daniel
C) Sarah Fielding
D) Charlotte Craddock
  • 46. How many children did Henry and Charlotte Fielding have together?
A) Five
B) Four
C) Three
D) Two
  • 47. What was the impact of Theatrical Licensing Act 1737 on Fielding's career?
A) It led him to write more comedies
B) It boosted his popularity as a novelist
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) Don Quixote in England
C) Rape Upon Rape
D) The Old Debauchees
  • 49. 'The Fathers' was published posthumously with which other work?
A) William Holcroft's adaptation of The Covent-Garden Tragedy
B) Thomas Arne's incidental music for The Miser
C) Eliza Haywood and William Hatchett's Opera of Operas
D) Oliver Goldsmith's The Good-Natur'd Man
  • 50. What did Henry Fielding propose to abolish in his influential pamphlets?
A) Public hangings
B) Capital punishment
C) Prison sentences
D) The death penalty
  • 51. What was the main focus of Fielding's writing in The Craftsman?
A) Biographies of political figures
B) Opposition to bribery and corruption in British politics
C) Celebration of Whig heroes
D) Support for Sir Robert Walpole
  • 52. Which year did Henry Fielding publish 'Proposals for Making an Effectual Provision for the Poor'?
A) 1753
B) 1749
C) 1752
D) 1754
  • 53. What was the pseudonym used by Fielding to link himself with the Scriblerus Club?
A) Jonathan Wild
B) Squire Allworthy
C) Captain Hercules Vinegar
D) H. Scriblerus Secundus
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