Joseph Andrews Quizzes

Joseph Andrews Quiz 1

1 What is Joseph's first job in the Booby household?
Scaring birds

Waiting at table

Weeding the garden

Tending hogs
2 What is Joseph's job when Lady Booby first notices him?
Racing Sir Thomas’s horses

Driving the coach

Attending the hunting dogs

Sweeping the stable
3 What is Joseph's job when Mr. Adams first notices him?
Butler

Page boy

Footman to Lady Booby

Steward to Sir Thomas
4 What ancient language does Mr. Adams want to teach Joseph?
Aramaic

Greek

Syriac

Latin
5 Why does Joseph fail in his first two jobs of scaring birds and whipping-in dogs?
The animals keep attacking him

He is afraid of the animals

He is lazy

The animals are attracted to his sweet voice
6 Why do Joseph and Fanny not correspond during his time in London?
Lady Booby reads all of Joseph's correspondence

Mr. Adams advised them against it

Joseph falls in love with someone else

Fanny is illiterate
7 Why does Joseph initially refuse to approach the stage-coach that passes by after his attack by the Ruffians?
The "witty" old gentleman is telling dirty jokes

Mrs. Slipslop is in the coach

The snobbism of the passengers offends him

He is naked and there are ladies in the coach
8 What is the crucial piece of evidence in the case against the captured Ruffian?
A gold piece with a ribbon given to Joseph by Fanny

Joseph's livery

Joseph's monogrammed handkerchief

A love note from Mrs. Slipslop
9 Why is Mr. Adams going to London?
To meet with his bishop

To escape Mrs. Adams

To publish his sermons

To procure a living for his eldest son
10 Who on the stage coach gives a coat to the naked Joseph?
The Postilion

The Lawyer

The Coachman

The Proper Lady
11 Who eventually pays for the board of Mr. Adams's horse?
Mr. Barnabas

Betty

Mrs. Slipslop

Peter Pounce
12 How does Lady Booby react to the death of Sir Thomas?
She plays cards

She weeps copiously

She goes for a carriage ride

She gets drunk
13 What profession does Mr. Adams's 30-year-old son want to pursue?
Soldier

Steward

Lawyer

Clergyman
14 Why did Mr. Adams expect that Sir Thomas would give him a living?
Mr. Adams saved Sir Thomas's life

Mr. Adams helped Sir Thomas get elected to Parliament

Sir Thomas owed Mr. Adams money

Mr. Adams introduced Sir Thomas to Lady Booby
15 Which of George Whitefield's doctrines does Mr. Adams find objectionable?
The doctrine of the poverty of the clergy

The doctrine of faith without works

The doctrine of the Real Presence of the Eucharist

The doctrine of no salvation outside the Church
16 Why does Leonora jilt Horatio in favor of Bellarmine?
Bellarmine lives on the Continent

Bellarmine is handsomer

Bellarmine is wealthier

Leonora's father objects to Horatio
17 Why does Bellarmine jilt Leonora?
Leonora's Aunt offends him

He falls in love with someone else

Horatio threatens him

Her father refuses to provide a dowry
18 Why does the Bookseller decline to market Mr. Adams's sermons?
Sermons do not sell well

Mr. Barnabas sabotages the deal

The Bookseller is a Methodist

The Bookseller is an atheist
19 Why has Mr. Adams's 30-year-old son not been ordained?
He has not been to university

He does not want to be a clergyman

He has become a Methodist

He has a criminal record
20 Why does the Justice drop the assault and robbery charges against Mr. Adams?
Joseph defends Adams physically

Mr. Adams speaks better Latin than anyone in the room

A Squire vouches for Mr. Adams

Mr. Booby intervenes
21 To which country does Bellarmine return after his meeting with Leonora's father?
Italy

Switzerland

Belgium

France
22 Which of George Whitefield's doctrines does Mr. Barnabas find objectionable?
The doctrine of faith without works

The doctrine of no salvation outside the Church

The doctrine of the Real Presence of the Eucharist

The doctrine of the poverty of the clergy
23 Why does Betty submit to the advances of Mr. Tow-wouse?
Out of spite for Mrs. Tow-wouse

She is afraid of losing her job

Out of boredom

Joseph has rejected her
24 Why does Joseph head for the Booby country seat after losing his job in London?
To find employment

To study Latin with Mr. Adams

To seek charity

To reunite with Fanny
25 Why does Adams turn around before reaching London?
He misses his family

He has run out of money

Joseph wants a companion

He has left his sermons at home

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