Joseph Andrews Quizzes

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

• Scaring birds
• Weeding the garden
• Tending hogs
• Waiting at table

2. What is Joseph's job when Lady Booby first notices him?

• Sweeping the stable
• Attending the hunting dogs
• Driving the coach
• Racing Sir Thomas’s horses

3. What is Joseph's job when Mr. Adams first notices him?

• Butler
• Footman to Lady Booby
• Steward to Sir Thomas
• Page boy

4. What ancient language does Mr. Adams want to teach Joseph?

• Syriac
• Aramaic
• Greek
• Latin

5. Why does Joseph fail in his first two jobs of scaring birds and whipping-in dogs?

• The animals keep attacking him
• The animals are attracted to his sweet voice
• He is afraid of the animals
• He is lazy

6. Why do Joseph and Fanny not correspond during his time in London?

• Fanny is illiterate
• Lady Booby reads all of Joseph's correspondence
• Mr. Adams advised them against it
• Joseph falls in love with someone else

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
• He is naked and there are ladies in the coach
• The snobbism of the passengers offends him

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
• A love note from Mrs. Slipslop
• Joseph's monogrammed handkerchief
• Joseph's livery

9. Why is Mr. Adams going to London?

• To procure a living for his eldest son
• To escape Mrs. Adams
• To meet with his bishop
• To publish his sermons

10. Who on the stage coach gives a coat to the naked Joseph?

• The Lawyer
• The Postilion
• The Proper Lady
• The Coachman