Henry Fielding - Quiz
Henry Fielding
  • 1. What year was Henry Fielding born?
A) 1707
B) 1727
C) 1737
D) 1717
  • 2. Which of the following novels was written by Henry Fielding?
A) Emma
B) Tom Jones
C) 1984
D) Moby Dick
  • 3. What is the full name of Henry Fielding's famous novel 'Tom Jones'?
A) Tom Jones: A Love Story
B) The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling
C) Tom Jones and the Adventure of a Lifetime
D) The Adventures of Tom Jones
  • 4. What profession did Henry Fielding also hold aside from being a novelist?
A) Ship Captain
B) Architect
C) Physician
D) Magistrate
  • 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) 1764
B) 1754
C) 1774
D) 1784
  • 7. What event inspired Henry Fielding to start writing plays and prose satire?
A) The Licensing Act of 1737
B) The Great Plague
C) The French Revolution
D) The Boston Tea Party
  • 8. What was the name of Henry Fielding's satire of Samuel Richardson's 'Pamela'?
A) Miranda
B) Sophia
C) Shamela
D) Lucinda
  • 9. Which of the following works by Henry Fielding is considered his first major novel?
A) Joseph Andrews
B) Amelia
C) Jonathan Wild
D) Shamela
  • 10. Which famous author and politician was Henry Fielding's half-brother?
A) John Dryden
B) Joseph Addison
C) Alexander Pope
D) John Fielding
  • 11. Which university did Henry Fielding attend for his studies in classics and law?
A) Eton College
B) Middle Temple
C) University of London
D) Leiden University
  • 12. What was the name of London's first professional police force founded by Fielding?
A) The Westminster Watch
B) The Middle Temple Police
C) The Eton Guards
D) The Bow Street Runners
  • 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) Historical fiction
B) Pastoral poetry
C) Comic epic poem in prose
D) Tragic drama
  • 15. What was the name of the opposition Whig MP who supported Fielding's writing for The Craftsman?
A) Lord Chesterfield
B) Charles Spencer
C) William Pitt the Elder
D) George Lyttelton
  • 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 Whig Party
C) The Etonians
D) The Cobhamites
  • 18. What was the title of Fielding's play dedicated to Lord Chesterfield?
A) Don Quixote in England
B) Tom Thumb
C) Pasquin
D) The Universal Gallant
  • 19. Which publication did Fielding co-found and initially edit under the persona 'Captain Hercules Vinegar'?
A) The Champion; or, British Mercury
B) Pasquin
C) The Craftsman
D) Common Sense
  • 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) Mr. Partridge
C) Sophia Western
D) Squire Allworthy
  • 22. Which novel by Henry Fielding was published in 1751?
A) An Apology for the Life of Mrs. Shamela Andrews
B) A Journey from this World to the Next
C) Amelia
D) The History of the Adventures of Joseph Andrews and his Friend, Mr. Abraham Adams
  • 23. 'The Rival Queens' is an adaptation of which Fielding play?
A) The Covent-Garden Tragedy
B) Tom Thumb the Great: A Burlesque Tragedy
C) Don Quixote in England
D) Rape upon Rape; or, The Justice Caught in his own Trap
  • 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) The Universal Gallant
B) Pasquin
C) Don Quixote in England
D) Tom Thumb
  • 26. What was the primary theme of Fielding's 'Tom Thumb'?
A) Romantic adventure
B) Satirical burlesque with a diminutive hero
C) Historical drama
D) Political commentary
  • 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 Universal Gallant
C) The Modern Husband
D) Eurydice, A Farce
  • 29. In which year was 'Rape upon Rape; or, The Justice Caught in his own Trap' originally published?
A) 1728
B) 1730
C) 1732
D) 1731
  • 30. What was Fielding's role in law enforcement history?
A) He served as a judge in the Middle Temple
B) He established the Eton School of Law
C) He founded the Bow Street Runners, London's first professional police force
D) He wrote legal textbooks
  • 31. Who was Henrietta Fielding married to before her death at age 23?
A) Henry Fielding
B) James Gabriel Montresor
C) William Fielding
D) John 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) Pitt was Fielding's patron
D) They co-authored several plays
  • 33. 'The Covent-Garden Tragedy' originally appeared in repertory with which play?
A) Tom Thumb the Great: A Burlesque Tragedy
B) The Lottery
C) The Author's Farce
D) The Old Debauchees
  • 34. In what year did Henry Fielding marry Charlotte Craddock?
A) 1744
B) 1749
C) 1734
D) 1753
  • 35. In which year did Henry Fielding publish 'The Female Husband'?
A) 1743
B) 1749
C) 1751
D) 1746
  • 36. 'The Mock Doctor: or The Dumb Lady Cur'd' was adapted from a play by which author?
A) Juvenal
B) Jean-François Regnard
C) Molière
D) Thomas Arne
  • 37. How many cases are discussed in Fielding's work on the detection and punishment of murder?
A) Fifty
B) Ten
C) Above thirty
D) Twenty-five
  • 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) Burlesque tragedy
C) Closet drama
D) Ballad opera
  • 40. Where did Henry Fielding die?
A) Oxford, England
B) Wells, England
C) London, England
D) Lisbon, Portugal
  • 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) John Dryden
B) M. Gustaf Adlerfelt (Gustavus Adlerfeld)
C) Charles XII himself
D) Voltaire
  • 43. In what year was 'The military history of Charles XII' translated by Henry Fielding published?
A) 1752
B) 1755
C) 1743
D) 1740
  • 44. In which year was 'The Covent-Garden Journal' published?
A) 1755
B) 1743
C) 1752
D) 1760
  • 45. Who did Henry Fielding marry after Charlotte's death?
A) Charlotte Craddock
B) Mary Daniel
C) Sarah Fielding
D) Henrietta 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 had no significant impact
B) It led him to write more comedies
C) It ended his career as a playwright due to restrictions on political satire
D) It boosted his popularity as a novelist
  • 48. 'Lock Up Your Daughters' is a musical based on which of Fielding's plays?
A) Rape Upon Rape
B) Don Quixote in England
C) The Old Debauchees
D) Tom Thumb the Great: A Burlesque Tragedy
  • 49. 'The Fathers' was published posthumously with which other work?
A) Thomas Arne's incidental music for The Miser
B) William Holcroft's adaptation of The Covent-Garden Tragedy
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) The death penalty
B) Capital punishment
C) Prison sentences
D) Public hangings
  • 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) 1749
B) 1754
C) 1752
D) 1753
  • 53. What was the pseudonym used by Fielding to link himself with the Scriblerus Club?
A) H. Scriblerus Secundus
B) Squire Allworthy
C) Jonathan Wild
D) Captain Hercules Vinegar
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