Joseph Andrews Quizzes

Joseph Andrews Quiz 1

By Julia Yost · Edited by Damien Chazelle · Last reviewed August 18, 2010

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

Scaring birds

Weeding the garden

Waiting at table

Tending hogs
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

Steward to Sir Thomas

Page boy

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

Aramaic

Latin

Greek

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

The animals are attracted to his sweet voice

He is lazy

He is afraid of the animals

The animals keep attacking him
6 Why do Joseph and Fanny not correspond during his time in London?

Lady Booby reads all of Joseph's correspondence

Fanny is illiterate

Joseph falls in love with someone else

Mr. Adams advised them against it
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

The snobbism of the passengers offends him

He is naked and there are ladies in the coach

Mrs. Slipslop is in the coach
8 What is the crucial piece of evidence in the case against the captured Ruffian?

Joseph's monogrammed handkerchief

A gold piece with a ribbon given to Joseph by Fanny

A love note from Mrs. Slipslop

Joseph's livery
9 Why is Mr. Adams going to London?

To escape Mrs. Adams

To meet with his bishop

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 Lawyer

The Coachman

The Postilion

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

Betty

Peter Pounce

Mrs. Slipslop

Mr. Barnabas
12 How does Lady Booby react to the death of Sir Thomas?

She plays cards

She gets drunk

She weeps copiously

She goes for a carriage ride
13 What profession does Mr. Adams's 30-year-old son want to pursue?

Lawyer

Soldier

Steward

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

Sir Thomas owed Mr. Adams money

Mr. Adams helped Sir Thomas get elected to Parliament

Mr. Adams saved Sir Thomas's life

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

The doctrine of faith without works

The doctrine of the poverty of the clergy

The doctrine of no salvation outside the Church

The doctrine of the Real Presence of the Eucharist
16 Why does Leonora jilt Horatio in favor of Bellarmine?

Bellarmine lives on the Continent

Bellarmine is wealthier

Bellarmine is handsomer

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

Her father refuses to provide a dowry

He falls in love with someone else

Leonora's Aunt offends him

Horatio threatens him
18 Why does the Bookseller decline to market Mr. Adams's sermons?

The Bookseller is an atheist

The Bookseller is a Methodist

Sermons do not sell well

Mr. Barnabas sabotages the deal
19 Why has Mr. Adams's 30-year-old son not been ordained?

He has a criminal record

He has not been to university

He has become a Methodist

He does not want to be a clergyman
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

Mr. Booby intervenes

A Squire vouches for Mr. Adams
21 To which country does Bellarmine return after his meeting with Leonora's father?

Switzerland

Italy

France

Belgium
22 Which of George Whitefield's doctrines does Mr. Barnabas find objectionable?

The doctrine of faith without works

The doctrine of the Real Presence of the Eucharist

The doctrine of the poverty of the clergy

The doctrine of no salvation outside the Church
23 Why does Betty submit to the advances of Mr. Tow-wouse?

Joseph has rejected her

She is afraid of losing her job

Out of boredom

Out of spite for Mrs. Tow-wouse
24 Why does Joseph head for the Booby country seat after losing his job in London?

To seek charity

To study Latin with Mr. Adams

To find employment

To reunite with Fanny
25 Why does Adams turn around before reaching London?

He has left his sermons at home

Joseph wants a companion

He has run out of money

He misses his family

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