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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. Following his marriage to Pamela, how is Mr. B's generosity revealed?
2. Upon hearing that Lady Davers plans to visit, how does Pamela advise Mr. B to respond?
3. What important aspects of Pamela's character are revealed in the series of confrontations that occur with Lady Davers because of her reaction to Pamela's marriage?
4. When Mr. B demands Pamela's letters and she presents them to him in the garden, what information contained in her papers brings a significant response from Mr. B?
5. After Mr. B examines and comments on Pamela's papers during their encounter in the garden, how does the incident end?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is achieved by the author causing Lady Davers to oppose the relationship between Pamela and Mr. B when she visits them in Lincolnshire.
2. In Section 9, what is revealed about the complications in the changing relationship between Mr. B and Pamela?
3. While the wedding and its aftermath bring happiness to Mr. B and Pamela, what issue develops in Section 11 that will create conflict for them?
4. In Section 14 as Pamela and Lady Davers become closer, what information does the older woman seek about Pamela's past?
5. After Lady Davers reveals the important facts about Mr. B's past and Mr. B orders the chariot and leaves, What events cause a turn in the hostility between the siblings?
6. In Section 10, how is Mr. Williams returned to the story?
7. What events follow the reading of Pamela's papers by Mr. B?
8. What does Pamela's attitude to Lady Davers' behavior reveal about her character?
9. As the tensions ease between Pamela and Mr. B. in Section 9, what lingering concern does he express to Pamela about a past involvement of hers?
10. In Section 10, what is the response of the gentry to Pamela after news of her imminent marriage becomes known?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Select an incident that you consider important to the reader's appreciation of any aspect of "Pamela". Discuss in detail the contribution made by the selected incident to action, suspense, tension, and conflict or its resolution in the story.
Essay Topic 2
Discuss the evolution of the adversarial relationship between Mr. B and Pamela and comment on the role played by this relationship in the novel.
Essay Topic 3
"Pamela" is an exploration of important themes including "love and relationships", "wealth vs. poverty" and "the triumph of virtue over vice". Using specific examples, fully discuss the author's exploration of two of these themes in the novel.
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