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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 12: pages 301-344.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what way does the letter delivered from Mr. B to Pamela at the inn lay the foundation for the climax of the story?
(a) Mr. Claims that he will have his way with his proposal of cohabitation.
(b) Mr. B indicates that this will be his last letter as he will marry someone else.
(c) Mr. B states that Pamela will not be allowed back to his estates.
(d) Mr. B begs her to return and promises that he will write asking her father permission to marry her.

2. What reason does Mr. B give for insisting that he must find Pamela a husband?
(a) She is too pretty to escape the designs of men.
(b) To provide her with security.
(c) To prevent her from having to work for him.
(d) To end his responsibility for her.

3. After Mr. B examines and comments on Pamela's papers during their encounter in the garden, how does the incident end?
(a) Mr. B discovers the true virtue of Pamela and apologizes for everything.
(b) Mrs. Jewkes turns up just as they are about to kiss.
(c) Pamela sees a change in him and allows him to kiss her.
(d) Mr. B offers to kiss Pamela but she recalls the sham marriage plan and rejects him, leading to his anger.

4. What condition does Pamela find Mr. B in when she returns at the end of Section 8?
(a) He is drunk.
(b) He is distresed and acting in a crazy manner.
(c) He is very ill.
(d) He is desperate and depressed.

5. 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?
(a) He is upset that she feels so negatively towards him.
(b) He is curious that she worried when he almost drowned.
(c) He laments her contemplation of suicide.
(d) He realizes how badly he has affected her.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Pamela feel towards Mr. B in Section 8 after overhearing Mrs. B and Mrs. Jewkes' conversation?

2. When Pamela arrives for tea at Mr. Simons and relates the incident with Lady Davers, how do Sir Simon's guests respond to Pamela?

3. How does Pamela react after she overhears the conversation between Mrs. Jewkes and Mr. B?

4. Pamela overhears a conversation between Mr. B and Mrs. Jewkes in Section 8. What aspect of this conversation causes a change in her attitude to Mr. B?

5. In addition to the business arrangements made after their marriage, what other arrangements do Mr. B and Pamela discuss in order to prevent future disagreements?

(see the answer key)

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