Henry Fielding Quiz Questions
1. When was Henry Fielding born?
a) 8 March 1714
b) 22 April 1707
c) 5 August 1721
d) 23 December 1700
2. Where was Henry Fielding born?
a) Bath
b) Leiden
c) Sharpham Park
d) Glasgow
3. Which college did Henry Fielding attend?
a) Eton College
b) Merton College
c) Trinity College
d) King’s College
4. Whom did Henry Fielding ridicule in his play Historical Register, For the Year 1736?
a) Benjamin Disraeli
b) Henry Asquith
c) William Pitt
d) Robert Walpole
5. When was the Licensing Act passed?
a) 1732
b) 1737
c) 1742
d) 1766
6. Which Henry Fielding novel was published in 1742?
a) Tom Jones
b) Rape upon Rape
c) Joseph Andrews
d) The Author’s Farce
7. Which newspaper did Henry Fielding start to improve relations between the law and the public?
a) The Covent Garden Journal
b) Champion
c) The True Patriot
d) The Jacobite’s Journal
8. Which novel was based on Henry Fielding’s first wife Charlotte Cradock?
a) Jonathan Wild
b) Amelia
c) Shamela
d) British Mercury
9. When did Henry Fielding die?
a) 22 January 1759
b) 16 June 1758
c) 31 July 1763
d) 8 October 1754
10. Where did Henry Fielding die?
a) Barcelona
b) Lisbon
c) Paris
d) Amsterdam
Henry Fielding Quiz Questions and Answers
1. When was Henry Fielding born?
b) 22 April 1707
2. Where was Henry Fielding born?
c) Sharpham Park
3. Which college did Henry Fielding attend?
a) Eton College
4. Whom did Henry Fielding ridicule in his play Historical Register, For the Year 1736?
d) Robert Walpole
5. When was the Licensing Act passed?
b) 1737
6. Which Henry Fielding novel was published in 1742?
c) Joseph Andrews
7. Which newspaper did Henry Fielding start to improve relations between the law and the public?
a) The Covent Garden Journal
8. Which novel was based on Henry Fielding’s first wife Charlotte Cradock?
b) Amelia
9. When did Henry Fielding die?
d) 8 October 1754
10. Where did Henry Fielding die?
b) Lisbon
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