Henry Fielding

Henry Fielding Study questions

Joseph Andrews

Facts about Henry Fielding

➾ He died aged only 43, having helped set up London’s first effective professional police force, the Bow Street Runners.

➾ His early career, before 1734, was described as anything but regular, respectable, or even sober.

➾ His father, a successful General, was an improvident rakehell and compulsive gambler who once lost the equivalent of £15,000 at one sitting.

➾ His father provoked a bitter family quarrel by remarrying an impoverished Roman Catholic Italian widow who owned a London eating-house.

➾ He was sent to Eton, where he was often flogged, which a contemporary poet called “barbaric”.

➾ At the age of 19, he attempted to improve his prospects by eloping with a willing heiress.

➾ It is said he often wrote his hurried, slapdash plays on tobacco wrappers after late nights of drinking.

➾ His political satire on Prime Minister Walpole directly led to the institution of theatrical censorship by the Lord Chamberlain’s office in 1737.

➾ He qualified for the bar in less than three years, half the usual time, by “superhuman efforts” while simultaneously editing a periodical.

➾ After his beloved wife Charlotte died, his grief “approached to frenzy,” and two years later he married her devoted maidservant and nurse, Mary Daniel.

➾ He took his voyage to Lisbon for severe gout and dropsy, using the agonising rigours of the trip as material for his last book, published posthumously.

Henry Fielding MCQs

1. When was Henry Fielding born?

A) October 8, 1754
B) April 22, 1707
C) April 22, 1734
D) August 7, 1754

B) April 22, 1707

2. In which location was Henry Fielding born?

A) Dorset
B) London
C) Lisbon, Portugal
D) Sharpham Park, Somerset

D) Sharpham Park, Somerset

3. When did Henry Fielding die?

A) 1754, aged 43
B) 1749, aged 42
C) 1751, aged 44
D) 1744, aged 37

A) 1754, aged 43

4. Where did Henry Fielding die?

A) London
B) East Stour, Dorset
C) Lisbon, Portugal
D) Westminster

C) Lisbon, Portugal

5. What was the primary illness that led Fielding to seek a warmer climate shortly before his death?

A) Asthma and fever
B) Gout which turned to dropsy
C) Mental anguish
D) Consumption

B) Gout which turned to dropsy

6. What was Henry Fielding’s age when he died?

A) 43
B) 50
C) 67
D) 39

A) 43

7. Henry Fielding’s father, Colonel Edmund Fielding, later became a:

A) Magistrate
B) General
C) Judge
D) Journalist

B) General

8. Which famous school did Fielding attend, where he became “uncommonly versed in the classics”?

A) Oxford
B) Winchester
C) Eton
D) Leiden

C) Eton

9. After leaving Eton, which university did Fielding attend for 18 months to resume his classical studies?

A) Cambridge
B) Oxford
C) University of Leiden in Holland
D) The Inner Temple

C) University of Leiden in Holland

10. What forced Fielding to return home from Leiden after 18 months?

A) He completed his degree quickly.
B) His father could no longer pay his allowance.
C) He was involved in an abortive elopement.
D) The Licensing Act was passed.

B) His father could no longer pay his allowance.

11. Who was Henry Fielding’s first wife, whom he married in 1734?

A) Mary Daniel
B) Lady Mary Wortley Montagu
C) Charlotte Cradock
D) Mrs. Tow-wouse

C) Charlotte Cradock

12. The character Sophia Western in Tom Jones is based on Fielding’s wife, Charlotte, in what stage of her life?

A) As a devoted maidservant.
B) As a much-troubled, hard-working wife.
C) As a high-spirited, generous-minded girl.
D) As a magistrate’s wife.

C) As a high-spirited, generous-minded girl.

13. Who was Mary Daniel, whom Fielding married in 1747, two years after his first wife’s death?

A) A distant cousin
B) A wealthy heiress
C) His wife’s devoted maidservant and nurse
D) A fellow writer

C) His wife’s devoted maidservant and nurse

14. Who was the blind half brother who worked alongside Henry Fielding as a Justice and helped set up the Bow Street Runners?

A) Ralph Allen
B) Sir Robert Walpole
C) John Fielding
D) George Lyttelton

C) John Fielding

15. What type of writer did Fielding become immediately upon returning from Leiden, stating he had “no choice but to be a hackney-writer or a hackney-coachman”?

A) Playwright
B) Novelist
C) Barrister
D) Satirist for hire

A) Playwright

16. Approximately how many plays did Fielding write during his early career?

A) 50
B) Some 25
C) 6
D) 100

B) Some 25

17. Which political figure did Fielding “mercilessly ridicule” in his 1737 play Historical Register, For the Year 1736?

A) John Churchill, Duke of Marlborough
B) Prince Charles Edward
C) Sir Robert Walpole
D) Mr. Allworthy

C) Sir Robert Walpole

18. What event marked the end of Fielding’s career as a playwright in 1737?

A) His move to Lisbon.
B) The passing of the Licensing Act.
C) His wife’s death.
D) His call to the bar.

B) The passing of the Licensing Act.

19. After his playwriting career ended, what profession did Fielding pursue, studying for the bar in less than half the usual time?

A) Doctor
B) Soldier
C) Lawyer/Barrister
D) Merchant

C) Lawyer/Barrister

20. Which journalistic periodical did Fielding edit and largely write between 1739 and 1741 while studying law?

A) The True Patriot
B) The Covent Garden Journal
C) The Jacobite’s Journal
D) The Champion; or, British Mercury

D) The Champion; or, British Mercury

21. What governmental position was Fielding appointed to in 1748, which finally gave him some security?

A) Member of Parliament
B) Justice of the Peace for Westminster and Middlesex
C) Lord Chamberlain
D) Sheriff of London

B) Justice of the Peace for Westminster and Middlesex

22. As a magistrate, Fielding was known for being:

A) Corrupt and self-serving
B) Stern but just and quite incorruptible
C) Indifferent to crime
D) Overly lenient

B) Stern but just and quite incorruptible

23. Which small body of able and energetic “thieftakers” did Fielding strengthen while working at Bow Street?

A) The Watchmen
B) The City Guards
C) The Bow Street Runners
D) The Yeoman Warders

C) The Bow Street Runners

24. Fielding’s Enquiry into the Causes of the Late Increase of Robbers was instrumental in helping to set up which organisation?

A) The Anglican Church
B) The Licensing office
C) The Bow Street Runners
D) The London theatre circuit

C) The Bow Street Runners

25. With which author is Henry Fielding considered a founder of the English novel?

A) Alexander Pope
B) Jonathan Swift
C) Samuel Richardson
D) Fyodor Dostoyevsky

C) Samuel Richardson

26. Which of Fielding’s early plays “guys the absurd tragedies of his day with point and immense gusto”?

A) The Historical Register
B) Rape upon Rape
C) Tom Thumb
D) Amelia

C) Tom Thumb

27. Fielding’s first major novel, published anonymously in 1742, was:

A) Amelia
B) Tom Jones
C) Joseph Andrews
D) Shamela

C) Joseph Andrews

28. Which of Samuel Richardson’s novels did An Apology for the Life of Mrs. Shamela Andrews (1741) parody?

A) Clarissa
B) Pamela: or, Virtue Rewarded
C) Sir Charles Grandison
D) Amelia

B) Pamela: or, Virtue Rewarded

29. Fielding described Joseph Andrews in its preface as writing in “Imitation of the Manner of Cervantes,” and inaugurating which genre?

A) The Gothic romance
B) A comic Epic-Poem in Prose
C) Sentimental fiction
D) The picaresque tale

B) A comic Epic-Poem in Prose

30. Which famous comic figure, described as a “positively good man” made somewhat ridiculous, is central to Joseph Andrews?

A) Joseph Andrews
B) Peter Pounce
C) Parson Adams
D) Mr. Allworthy

C) Parson Adams

31. Which work was published in 1743 as part of the Miscellanies and satirized human greatness by focusing on a notorious criminal?

A) An Essay on Man
B) Jonathan Wild the Great
C) The Author’s Farce
D) Amelia

B) Jonathan Wild the Great

32. Fielding’s six-volume “masterpiece,” published in 1749, was:

A) Joseph Andrews
B) The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling
C) Journal of a Voyage to Lisbon
D) Miscellanies

B) The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling

33. How did Tom Jones structure its plot?

A) A political allegory.
B) A romance plot where the hero’s identity is initially unknown.
C) A series of unconnected satirical sketches.
D) A tragic drama in six parts.

B) A romance plot where the hero’s identity is initially unknown.

34. Which novel was published in 1751 and was noted for being a “more serious work” and anticipating the Victorian domestic novel?

A) Tom Jones
B) Joseph Andrews
C) Jonathan Wild
D) Amelia

D) Amelia

35. How much money did Fielding earn from his last novel, Amelia?

A) £185
B) £500
C) £880
D) £700

C) £880

36. What was Henry Fielding’s final book, published posthumously, which recorded the difficult journey he undertook for his health?

A) Tom Jones
B) Amelia
C) Journal of a Voyage to Lisbon
D) The True Patriot

C) Journal of a Voyage to Lisbon

37. Which of Fielding’s novels has been called one of the dozen or so greatest novels in the English language?

A) Joseph Andrews
B) Jonathan Wild
C) Amelia
D) The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling

D) The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling

38. Which work demonstrated Fielding’s “mordant humour” and “keen eye for the passing scene” even as he suffered physical anguish?

A) The Jacobite’s Journal
B) Journal of a Voyage to Lisbon
C) Rape upon Rape
D) The Champion

B) Journal of a Voyage to Lisbon

39. The name given to Joseph Andrews’ virtuous footman brother, whose resistance to seduction starts the novel Joseph Andrews, is based on which character?

A) Amelia
B) Sophia Western
C) Pamela
D) Parson Adams

C) Pamela

40. Which friend and philanthropist, who later appears as Mr. Allworthy in Tom Jones, rescued Fielding from financial trouble during the writing of Joseph Andrews?

A) Sir Henry Gould
B) John Fielding
C) Ralph Allen
D) George Lyttelton

C) Ralph Allen

41. From what sources did Fielding derive his belief in “resilience” and “stoicism in the face of pain and injustice”?

A) His legal training and journalism.
B) His study of the Greek philosophers and harsh upbringing.
C) His experience as a magistrate.
D) His relationships with his wives.

B) His study of the Greek philosophers and harsh upbringing.

42. What major theme in Joseph Andrews is highlighted by the story of the girl seen as innocent but also previously seen behaving obscenely?

A) The importance of social rank.
B) The yawning gulf between things as they are and as they ought to be.
C) The necessity of legal reform.
D) The beauty of rural life.

B) The yawning gulf between things as they are and as they ought to be.

43. According to Fielding’s view on human nature, where does the true nature of an individual derive?

A) From what they say or how they appear.
B) Only from their actions.
C) From their wealth and social class.
D) From Divine intervention.

B) Only from their actions.

44. Fielding was a convinced and active Christian, belonging to the Anglican party which took the pragmatic view that Man was capable of helping himself without:

A) Charity
B) Good works
C) Divine intervention at every turn
D) Intellectual strength

C) Divine intervention at every turn

45. Which theological position did Fielding “profoundly distrust”?

A) Practical charity
B) Salvation by grace alone
C) The primacy of hope
D) The existence of sin

B) Salvation by grace alone

46. Citing 1 Corinthians 13, Fielding asserts that which quality is the “acid test of a man’s belief”?

A) Faith
B) Hope
C) Reason
D) Charity (Love or Loving Kindness)

D) Charity (Love or Loving Kindness)

47. Parson Adams contends that a virtuous Turk is more acceptable to his Creator than a wicked Christian, illustrating Fielding’s emphasis on:

A) Ritual observance.
B) Virtue and goodness over mere doctrine.
C) Predestination.
D) The need for sophistry.

B) Virtue and goodness over mere doctrine.

48. Fielding could not accept the “facile optimism” of writers like Pope, who claimed:

A) Charity should begin at home.
B) Whatever is, is right.
C) Man is essentially good.
D) The law is just.

B) Whatever is, is right.

49. Based on his experience as a magistrate, Fielding was aware of a world that, borrowing a phrase from Dr. Johnson, was “bursting with”:

A) Prosperity and opportunity.
B) Sin and misery.
C) Good humour and wit.
D) Learning and wisdom.

B) Sin and misery.

50. Fielding saw no cause to abandon common sense, and believed that which faculty was distrusted if deployed without belief?

A) Humour
B) Wisdom
C) Reason
D) Compassion

C) Reason

Amelia MCQs

1. What influences the calamities of fools, according to the narrator’s suspicion?

A. Natural means
B. Blind guidance
C. Utmost malice
D. Predominant passion

D. Predominant passion.
The author suspects men cause miseries by following the blind guidance of predominant passion, quitting Prudence.

2. Where were the apprehended persons brought before Justice Thrasher?

A. Westminster Liberty
B. Certain parish
C. London Court
D. Thrasher’s bar

A. Westminster Liberty.
The watchmen brought the offenders before Justice Thrasher within the liberty of Westminster.

3. What critical knowledge did Justice Thrasher primarily lack for his office?

A. Law of nature
B. Reading and writing
C. Knowledge of law
D. Common sense

C. Knowledge of law.
The office of a justice requires legal knowledge, but Mr Thrasher never read one syllable of the law.

4. What is the prison entrance fee demanded from new prisoners called?

A. Customary tribute
B. Garnish payment
C. Drinking money
D. Prisoner’s purse

B. Garnish payment.
New prisoners must give money to former prisoners to make them drink, which is called garnish.

5. Why did Booth refuse to pay the customary fee upon arrival at the prison?

A. Opposed the custom
B. Had no money
C. Thought it was robbery
D. Needed advice

B. Had no money.
Booth replied he would comply if he could, but he had not a shilling in his pocket.

6. What physical characteristic described the woman nicknamed Blear-eyed Moll?

A. Scarce discernible eye
B. Crooked nose
C. One eye, yellow-white
D. Preposterously short chin

C. One eye, yellow-white.
She had only one eye, which was mostly white or yellow, whence she derived her nickname.

7. Who physically intervened to stop Blear-eyed Moll from insulting Mr. Booth?

A. The prison keeper
B. Tall male prisoner
C. Mr. Robinson
D. The constable Gotobed

B. Tall male prisoner.
A tall prisoner stopped Moll from assaulting Booth by taking her shoulder and flinging her off.

8. What specific crime was the pòor young woman with the old man committed for?

A. Stealing food
B. Felony theft
C. Receiving stolen goods
D. Supporting her father

A. Stealing food.
The daughter was committed for stealing a loaf of bread to support her starving father.

9. What serious crime was the well-dressed man, who expected bail, charged with?

A. Grand larceny
B. Horrid perjury
C. Civil fraud
D. Assault and battery

B. Horrid perjury.
He was committed on an indictment found against him for a most horrid perjury.

10. How long had it been since Booth and Miss Matthews last met before their prison encounter?

A. One long year
B. Eight or nine years
C. Seven years exactly
D. Several months

B. Eight or nine years.
Eight or nine years had passed since Booth and Miss Matthews had any interview.

11. Who sent Booth the guinea he found carefully wrapped in paper after his confinement began?

A. Colonel James
B. Miss Matthews
C. Dr Harrison
D. Mr. Robinson

B. Miss Matthews.
Miss Matthews, having recollected him and his distress, sent him the guinea the day before.

12. What spontaneous reaction burst from Booth’s lips upon hearing Miss Matthews’ passionate story?

A. What do you hear
B. Good heavens, what
C. You are a fury
D. My astonishment ceases

B. Good heavens, what.
Booth turned pale with horror, and the exclamation, “Good heavens! what do I hear?” burst out.

13. What assembly incident did Miss Matthews recall to Booth before relating her history?

A. Duel over honour
B. A country dance
C. Standing uppermost contest
D. Quarrel with Miss Johnson

C. Standing uppermost contest.
She recalled a contest with Miss Johnson about standing uppermost at an assembly.

14. What was the name of the dragoon cornet who seduced and betrayed Miss Matthews?

A. Williams
B. Thrasher
C. Hebbers
D. Gotobed

C. Hebbers.
The officer quartered nearby, whose detested name was Hebbers, recommended himself to her father.

15. What accomplishment primarily recommended Cornet Hebbers to Miss Matthews’s father?

A. French language skills
B. Dancing ability
C. Skill in music
D. Handsome person

C. Skill in music.
Hebbers’ skill in music chiefly recommended him to her father, who was a violent music lover.

16. Whom did Hebbers secretly marry, leading to Miss Matthews’s immediate ruin?

A. Miss Johnson
B. Mrs. Carey
C. Miss Fanny
D. Mrs. Harris

B. Mrs. Carey.
Hebbers was married to the widow Carey, whom Miss Matthews discovered appearing with him at the play.

17. Who insisted that Miss Matthews’s murder case could result in only “manslaughter and cold iron”?

A. The keeper
B. Mr. Murphy
C. Mr. Robinson
D. The first turnkey

B. Mr. Murphy.
Mr Murphy, the attorney, hoped the worst for the lady would be manslaughter or chance-medley.

18. What aspect of Miss Matthews’s actions did her lawyer Murphy identify as implying “malice prepense”?

A. Lying to the police
B. Carrying a penknife drawn
C. Running away
D. Lack of money

B. Carrying penknife drawn.
Murphy feared carrying the drawn penknife implied malice prepense, a circumstance that must be suppressed.

19. What accident deprived Amelia of the admiration of others and beat her nose to pieces?

A. Fall from a horse
B. Loss of fortune
C. Chaise overturning
D. Smallpox affliction

C. Chaise overturning.
The overturning of a chaise beat her lovely nose all to pieces, causing her to lose admiration.

20. What did Booth admire most about Amelia after her physical injury?

A. Her resignation
B. Her beautiful covering
C. Her lovely nose
D. Her mind and character

D. Her mind and character.
The injury showed Booth that her mind deserved much higher adoration than her physical person.

21. Who was the female whom Amelia stated she hated and despised?

A. Miss Matthews
B. Mrs. Harris
C. Miss Osborne
D. Miss Betty

C. Miss Osborne.
Amelia despised Miss Osborne, who had treated her cruelly despite being her former friend.

22. What was Booth’s sole financial resource when courting Amelia?

A. His small inheritance
B. An ensign’s commission
C. Dr Harrison’s charity
D. Half pay only

B. An ensign’s commission.
Booth had nothing more to depend on than the pòor provision of an ensign’s commission.

23. How did Amelia’s mother (Mrs Harris) manage to discover Booth’s private interview with Amelia?

A. Found Amelia fainting
B. Overheard the talk
C. Miss Betty reported it
D. Saw them embracing

B. Overheard the talk.
Mrs Harris hid herself in a closet, intending to overhear all that passed between them.

24. What affliction seized Booth’s sister Nancy, leading to her death?

A. Consumption illness
B. Light-head fits
C. Unmerciful distemper
D. Agonies of pain

B. Light-head fits.
Booth’s sister was deprived of her senses and life by an unmerciful distemper before his arrival.

25. Who was Mrs Harris’s ‘usual privy counsellor’ in all her domestic affairs?

A. Colonel James
B. Mr. Booth
C. Dr Harrison
D. Miss Betty

C. Dr Harrison.
Mrs Harris sent for Dr Harrison, her usual privy counsellor, after Amelia’s escape.

26. How was Booth successfully smuggled into Amelia’s mother’s house?

A. As a deliveryman
B. In a wine hamper
C. By using a coach
D. Via a garden wall

B. In a wine hamper.
He was concealed and conveyed in a hamper of old port wine meant for Mrs Harris.

27. What “ridiculous distress” related to their imminent wedding did Booth find humorous?

A. Lack of funds
B. No pen, ink, paper
C. Wet clothing
D. Mrs Harris arriving

B. No pen, ink, paper.
The distress was that they had neither pen, ink, nor paper available in their present circumstances.

28. Who secured the marriage licence and confronted Mrs Harris, bringing about the wedding?

A. Mrs Harris’s lawyer
B. Mr. Murphy
C. Miss Betty
D. Dr Harrison

D. Dr Harrison.
Dr Harrison used his authority and the license to frighten Mrs Harris into consent.

29. According to Dr Harrison, what supreme obligation required Booth to go on the military expedition?

A. Love for Amelia
B. Regard for character
C. Duty to country
D. Honour as a soldier

C. Duty to country.
The doctor stressed that the duty to King and country, whose bread Booth had eaten, requires his service.

30. What realisation ultimately reconciled Amelia to Booth’s necessary departure for the expedition?

A. She hated Miss Betty
B. Her impending childbirth
C. Her mother’s anger
D. The doctor’s advice

B. Her impending childbirth.
She saw his absence as protecting him from the greater pain of hearing her cries in childbirth.

31. What was the name of the ship on which Booth experienced a violent sea storm?

A. Lovely Peggy
B. The Seahawk
C. The Gibraltar
D. Harris’s Hope

A. Lovely Peggy.
The master referred to the ship as his dear Lovely Peggy, which he swore he loved dearly.

32. What danger did the ship captain most fear during the severe storm near Scilly?

A. Leak in the hull
B. Running out of food
C. Rocks of Scilly
D. Being shipwrecked

C. Rocks of Scilly.
The captain expressed apprehension of being inevitably cast upon the rocks of Scilly and beaten to pieces.

33. What injury did Booth sustain during the sally party at Gibraltar?

A. Musket-ball in chest
B. Broken left leg
C. Head wound
D. Knife wound

B. Broken left leg.
Booth’s left leg was broken with a musket-ball, and his servant carried him off.

34. Who carried Booth off his shoulders and saved him after he was wounded at Gibraltar?

A. Captain James
B. His faithful servant
C. Atkinson’s comrade
D. A kind officer

B. His faithful servant.
His faithful servant carried him off on his shoulders and brought him back into the garrison.

35. How did Amelia first learn of Booth’s injury while he was stationed abroad?

A. Letter from James
B. Officer reported it
C. Unknown hand letter
D. Dr Harrison informed her

C. Unknown hand letter.
She received a letter from an unknown hand acquainting her with Booth’s military misfortune.

36. Who advised Amelia to verify the report of Booth’s illness, contradicting Booth’s own letter?

A. Miss Matthews
B. Captain James
C. Miss Betty
D. Her foster-brother

C. Miss Betty.
Miss Betty advised Amelia to apply to an officer, who strongly confirmed the report of his illness.

37. What disorder did Booth’s wife contract due to her excessive care and fatigue from nursing him?

A. Nervous fever
B. Vapours or hysterics
C. Consumption habit
D. Childbirth agonies

B. Vapours or hysterics.
Her fatigue and uneasiness caused a disorder commonly called fever on the spirits or vapours.

38. Miss Betty (E. Harris) warned Amelia that the vapours had become ill what item?

A. Low circumstances
B. A knapsack
C. The army life
D. A young officer

B. A knapsack.
Miss Betty wrote that the vapours were a distemper which very ill became a knapsack.

39. What relation did Major Bath bring to Montpelier at his own expense for her health?

A. His mother
B. His pòor sister
C. His wife
D. His nephew

B. His pòor sister.
The Major brought his sister over for her health and came to Montpelier to bear her company.

40. What was Major Bath doing when Booth unexpectedly found him in his sister’s room?

A. Reading poetry
B. Warming her posset
C. Arguing with her nurse
D. Fixing the fire

B. Warming her posset.
Booth found the Major in his sister’s antechamber, wearing strange clothes and warming her posset.

41. What excuse did the narrator provide for Booth’s infidelity with Miss Matthews in prison?

A. Amelia was cold
B. Fortune ensnared him
C. He was forced
D. She loved him first

B. Fortune ensnared him.
The author attributes the lapse in virtue to the critical, unlucky circumstances that concurred to ensnare Booth.

42. What painful internal feeling consistently followed Booth’s transgressions with Miss Matthews?

A. Shame
B. Confusion
C. Repentance
D. Self-loathing

C. Repentance.
Repentance never failed to follow his transgressions, leading to bitter reflections on his actions.

43. What false rumour did Amelia’s sister (Miss Betty) maliciously spread about Booth’s confinement?

A. He lacked money
B. He was confined
C. Committed for murder
D. Deserted the army

C. Committed to murder.
Miss Betty spread the news, adding the terrifying circumstance that he was committed for murder.

44. What generous financial help did Colonel James first offer Booth upon hearing of his distress?

A. Bank-bill for twenty
B. Fifty pieces
C. Give him thirty more
D. Pay all debts

B. Fifty pieces.
Colonel James offered fifty pieces to Booth because he suspected Booth must want money at that time.

45. Colonel James told Booth his anger regarding Miss Matthews was lessened because of what realization?

A. Booth’s apology
B. Miss Matthews’ beauty
C. James’s own folly
D. Fear of Bath

C. James’s own folly.
James confessed he was ashamed of his own folly and had been a dupe to the woman.

46. What generous action did the noble lord take upon first hearing of Mrs Bennet’s distress?

A. Sent a remittance
B. Settled an annuity
C. Brought her home
D. Paid her husband’s debts

B. Settled an annuity.
The noble cousin settled one hundred and fifty pounds a year upon the widow during her life.

47. Who did Serjeant Atkinson secretly marry, surprising both Amelia and Booth?

A. Miss Matthews
B. Mrs. Bennet
C. Miss Betty
D. Mrs. Ellison

B. Mrs. Bennet.
Mrs Bennet eventually confessed that the serjeant was, indeed, her husband and her choice.

48. Why did Colonel Bath finally apologise and reconcile with Booth after the misunderstanding?

A. He won the duel
B. Learned Booth would fight
C. Convinced Booth was no rascal
D. Brother James intervened

C. Convinced Booth was no rascal.
Bath was satisfied because he was convinced that a man who will fight can never be a rascal.

49. What tactic did Captain Trent suggest Booth use to profit from the noble lord’s attention to Amelia?

A. Let Amelia be friendly
B. Demand payment
C. Sell her jewellery
D. Confront James

A. Let Amelia be friendly.
Trent suggested letting Amelia treat the lord with civility at public places so he would ‘bite’.

50. Where did Miss Harris flee after Amelia warned her about the discovery of her villainy?

A. Montpelier
B. France via Poole
C. West Indies
D. London hiding

B. France via Poole.
Miss Harris immediately set out for Poole and from thence departed for France.

Brief Overview

Amelia is a sentimental novel by Henry Fielding, first published in December 1751. The novel features many allusions to classical literature. It primarily focuses on the theme of marriage and the quiet resilience of feminine intelligence.

The novel follows Captain Booth and his wife, Amelia, who are a worthy couple facing numerous serious troubles after their marriage. Booth’s recklessness often causes problems; he is frequently arrested and sent to prison for fighting or for unpaid debts.

While Booth is in jail, he meets Miss Matthews, who is imprisoned on a charge of murder. Booth is temporarily unfaithful to Amelia with Miss Matthews, highlighting his moral weaknesses.

Amelia is portrayed as excellent and kind-hearted. She bravely handles their deep poverty and distress with strength. A man named Colonel James pretends to be Booth’s friend but actively tries to seduce Amelia. A rich and powerful lord also tries to win her affection.

Amelia is saved from great danger by her friend, Mrs Bennet, who later marries Booth’s loyal foster-brother, Sergeant Atkinson. A kind clergyman, Dr Harrison, helps Booth many times, often paying his debts. Dr Harrison finally discovers a forgery that had kept Amelia from her rightful family inheritance.