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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 4: pages 85-110.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what century was "Pamela" written?
(a) The sixteenth.
(b) The seventeenth.
(c) The eighteenth.
(d) The nineteenth.

2. What is the alternative title of the novel?
(a) Virtue Tested.
(b) Virtue Seduced.
(c) Or Virtue Rewarded.
(d) The Benefits of Virtue.

3. What reason does Mr. B give for agreeing to let Pamela go home after this incident?
(a) She is too much trouble.
(b) He is tired of her hypocrisy.
(c) He will be marrying soon.
(d) She is telling lies on him.

4. What incident that occurs in Section 2, does Mr. B ask Pamela to keep a secret?
(a) His attempt to kiss her.
(b) His threat to dismiss her.
(c) His promise to keep her on as a maid.
(d) The offer of employment by Lady Danvers.

5. When Mr. Andrews arrives looking for Pamela, how does Mr. B explain her absence?
(a) He says she has already left for home.
(b) He clams she has gone to Lady Davers.
(c) He claims to have sent her to wait upon a bishop's wife.
(d) He denies any knowledge of her whereabouts.

Short Answer Questions

1. What explanation does Mr. B offer for not wanting Pamela to go to work for Lady Davers?

2. After the dinner party when Mr B disguises himself and frightens Pamela, how does she react?

3. By the end of Section 1, it is evident that the author is making use of the epistolary style of writing. To what does this refer?

4. While becoming more restricted by Mrs. Jewkes at Lincolnshire, how does Pamela try to get help?

5. What does Mr. B first offer Pamela in fulfillment of his mother's wishes?

(see the answer key)

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