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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 3: pages 57-85.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the preface to the novel, what phrase is used to describe the category to which it belongs?
(a) Coming of age.
(b) Novel of manners.
(c) Romance.
(d) Picaresque.

2. What characteristic of the society is made evident in Section 3 of the novel when Mr. B terminates the employment of servants?
(a) Family relationships.
(b) The relationship between men and women.
(c) The attitude of the lower class to the upper class.
(d) The power of the rich over the poor.

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

4. In whom does Pamela confide about the incident with Mr. B?
(a) Mrs. Jewkes.
(b) Jonathan.
(c) Mrs. Jervis.
(d) Lady Davers.

5. What is the response of Pamela's parents to her first letter?
(a) They advise her to confide in Lady Davers.
(b) They advise her to confide in one of the older servants.
(c) They advise her to come home.
(d) They warn her to be careful of Mr. B.

Short Answer Questions

1. As Section 3 begins, what is the reaction of Mr. B's dinner party guests to the rumors about Pamela?

2. How does Mr. B make things worse with Pamela after his return?

3. In Section 2, after Mr. B returns from a two week absence, of what does he accuse Pamela?

4. In Section 3 of the novel when Mr. B agrees to let Pamela go home, what is Pamela's attitude toward Mr. B?

5. How does Pamela respond to her parents' advice?

(see the answer key)

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