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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 13: pages 344-372.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After Mr. B ignores Pamela for some time during his visit to Lincolnshire, what surprising turn of events occurs?
(a) Mr. B visits Pamela and commands her to dine with him.
(b) Mr. B asks her to be his mistress.
(c) He encourages her to contact Mr. Williams.
(d) He asks her to be his wife.

2. When Pamela stops at an inn on her way to her parents' home, she receives a letter from Mr. B. What important information does this letter contain?
(a) That he has read Pamela's journal and is touched by her concern when he nearly drowned despite the hardships he has put her through.
(b) That he does not understand why his feelings for her are so complicated.
(c) That he needs time to sort out his feelings.
(d) That he can no longer be in contact with her.

3. What is Mr. B's first response to seeing Pamela writing to her parents?
(a) He chastises her for neglecting his mother.
(b) He praises her.
(c) He calls her childish and simple.
(d) He chastises her for neglecting the household duties.

4. As the marriage between Mr. B and Pamela looms and then becomes reality, which character continues to worry that Pamela will treat him / her badly because of past wrongs done to Pamela?
(a) Lady Davers.
(b) Mr. B.
(c) Mrs. Jewkes.
(d) Jonathan.

5. What explanation does Mr. B offer for not wanting Pamela to go to work for Lady Davers?
(a) She will not be treated as well as at his house.
(b) She will be seduced by older men in the neighborhood.
(c) She will not have as good a chance of becoming a lady.
(d) She will be ruined by the nephew of Lady Danvers.

Short Answer Questions

1. About what plan devised by Mr. B against Mr. Williams does Pamela accidentally read in a letter from Mr. B?

2. What causes the first confrontation between Pamela and Lady Davers, when Lady Davers arrives?

3. What is the response of Pamela's parents to her first letter?

4. In the preface to the novel, what phrase is used to describe the category to which it belongs?

5. What event results in Pamela's first letter to her parents?

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