Fielding was
a) a journalist
b) an actor
c) a teacher
He studied at
a) Oxford
b) Cambridge
c) Eton
He studied in Holland for
a) 1 year
b) 2 years
с) 5 years
Не returned to England because he
a) missed his family
b) finished his education
c) had no money left
He began writing for the stage at the age of
a) 20
b) 18
c) 30
He managed his own theatre
a) The Globe
b) The New Theatre
c) Covent Garden
He earned his living by
a) writing for the theatres
b) working as a barrister
c) publishing a magazine
He went to Portugal to find
a) a healthier climate
b) a new job
c) a new wife
He suffered from
a) flu
b) dropsy
c) quinsy
He was buried in
a) Westminster Abbey
b) English cemetery in Lisbon
c) St. Paul's Cathedral
6. Answer the question:
1. What was Fielding famous for at the beginning of his literary career? Was he only a writer? What fields of literature did he work in?
2. Did Fielding get a good education? Where did he study? What was his best-know tragedy?
3. What did he do to earn his living?
4. Where did he publish his essays? What were they about?
5. What is considered to be Fielding's masterpiece? Was it anonymous or did it have the author's name?
6. What were Fielding's innovations in "Tom Jones"?
7. What did he die of?
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