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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 9: pages 219-242.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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 claims to have sent her to wait upon a bishop's wife.
(c) He clams she has gone to Lady Davers.
(d) He denies any knowledge of her whereabouts.

3. At the end of Section 7, it is evident that Mr. B has contradictory feelings about Pamela. How does he communicate these feelings to Pamela?
(a) He wants to be with her but his social status forbids this.
(b) He has already comitted to someone but he cannot do without Pamela.
(c) He cannot marry her but he loves her.
(d) He praises Pamela but confesses he cannot stand the thought of marriage nor the thought of her marrying another man.

4. About what does Mr. B write to Pamela while she is waiting to go home in Section 5?
(a) He tells her to be careful of the clergyman.
(b) He tells her to pay attention to the guidance of Mrs. Jewkes.
(c) He tells her he is sorry for his poor behavior.
(d) He writes begging Pamela to see him.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. According to a short narrative passage in Section 4 after Pamela is due to go home, what new betrayal has Pamela suffered?

2. What is Pamela's response to the idea proposed by Mr. Williams?

3. What reference to marriage does Mr. B include in the articles that he sets out in his proposition to Pamela?

4. According to Mr. B, how would a sham marriage have worked against him?

5. Why does Pamela wish that Mr. B would give her money instead of nice clothes?

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