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Moll Flanders

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Context

Summary

Characters

Section 1 (Moll's childhood)

Section 2 (Moll's first lover and first marriage)

Section 3 (Moll marries the draper, and then her half-brother)

Section 4 (Moll has an affair with a married man)

Section 5 (The banker, and Moll's Lancashire husband)

Section 6 (Moll marries the banker)

Section 7 (Moll begins a life of crime)

Section 8 (Moll in Newgate)

Section 9 (Moll and Jemy in America, and conclusion)

Analysis

Study Questions

Review Quiz

Moll Flanders

Daniel Defoe

Review Quiz

Where was Moll Flanders born?

(A) In the prison at Newgate

(B) In the poorhouse

(D) In France

Whose idea is it that little Moll should be "a gentlewoman"?

(A) Her nurse's

(B) The Magistrate's

(D) Her own

In the family that adopts Moll during her teenage years, which of the two brothers does she eventually marry?

(A) The elder

(B) The younger

What relative does Moll unwittingly marry?

(A) Her half-brother

(B) Her father

(D) Her nephew

How long does Moll stay in America during her first tenure there?

(A) Two years

(B) Five years

(D) Fifteen years

Which of the following is NOT one of the measures Moll takes to disburden herself of her children?

(A) Leaving a child with its father

(B) Aborting a child

(D) Sending a child to live with its grandparents

Why is Jemy reluctant to go to London with Moll?

(A) Because he knows she is pregnant

(B) Because he has another wife there

(D) Because he is wanted by the police

Who commits suicide in Moll Flanders?

(A) Moll

(B) Jemy

(D) The sea captain's wife

Why does Moll dress as a man?

(A) As a criminal disguise

(B) So that her Lancashire husband will not recognize her

(D) So that she can run a linen shop

For what crime is Moll finally imprisoned?

(A) Stealing a gold watch

(B) Stealing cloth

(D) Bigamy

Who does Moll see from the window on the morning after she marries the banker?

(A) Her mother

(B) The banker's ex-wife

(D) Her Lancashire husband

Who urges Moll into her first act of theft?

(A) The devil

(B) Her governess

(D) Her Lancashire husband

Who advocates on Moll's behalf in the criminal justice system?

(A) Her mother

(B) Her governess

(D) Her son

How does Moll react when she sees her son Humphrey in America?

(A) She hides and hopes he does not see her.

(B) She disguises herself as a widow and begs him for money.

(D) She is overwhelmed with love and kisses the ground he walks on.

In which colony do Moll and Jemy eventually settle?

(A) Virginia

(B) Carolina

(D) New Jersey

Where do Moll and the banker have their wedding?

(A) In a church in London

(B) On a plantation in Virginia

(D) At an inn in Brickill

How does Jemy react when he learns that Moll is pregnant with his child?

(A) He offers her a monthly allowance.

(B) He requests to see the baby.

(D) Trick question: she does not tell him about the pregnancy.

Which of the following is not a type of merchandise that Moll frequently steals?

(A) Gold watches

(B) Pedigreed poodles

(D) Lace

When does Moll pretend to be the victim of a pickpocket?

(A) During her fanciful youth

(B) When she is taken to prison

(D) When she loses her gold watch

Which of these crimes does Moll never commit?

(A) Arson

(B) Theft

(D) Incest

Who arranges to have Moll and Jemy released from their obligatory servitude when they get to America?

(A) The ship captain

(B) Moll's mother

(D) Moll's Governess

How old is Moll Flanders when she makes her final return to England?

(A) Sixty-five

(B) Seventy

(D) Eighty

What does Moll name as her earliest moral transgression?

(A) Vanity

(B) Stupidity

(D) Avarice

Who initiates the first sexual liaison between Moll and her gentleman-friend at Bath?

(A) The gentleman

(B) Moll

(D) The mad wife

Who tricks whom in Moll's marriage to Jemy?

(A) Moll tricks Jemy.

(B) Jemy tricks Moll.

(D) The minister tricks them both.

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