View a FREE sample

This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 5: pages 110-134.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At the end of Section 5, in an effort to save her virtue, what does Pamela write Mr. B about?
(a) She threatens to inform the clergyman about her troubles.
(b) She writes telling him of her misery.
(c) She writes telling him of her misery and begging him not to see her.
(d) She threatens to tell Lady Davers about her troubles.

2. At the end of Section 2, what is the reaction of the other servants to Pamela's departure from Mr. B's estate?
(a) They are indifferent.
(b) They curse her for giving Mr. B a bad name.
(c) They are happy to see her go.
(d) They mourn at her departure.

3. How does Mr. B try to get rid of Pamela after the dinner party?
(a) He threatens to send her home.
(b) He threatens to send her to a home for young women.
(c) He suggests that she should go to work at the church.
(d) He suggests that she should go into service at the home of Lady Danvers.

4. In Section 3 of the novel when Mr. B agrees to let Pamela go home, what is Pamela's attitude toward Mr. B?
(a) She has mixed feelings about him.
(b) She hates him.
(c) She is determined to take revenge.
(d) She wishes him well for his mother's sake.

5. Having agreed to Pamela's departure from Bedfordshire, what condition does Mr. B impose?
(a) Her father should come to take her.
(b) She must be taken directly home.
(c) Mrs. Jervis must accompany her.
(d) No one must accompany her.

Short Answer Questions

1. What aspect of Mr. B's character is displayed when he contacts the farmer to explain why Mr. B has sent Pamela there?

2. What reason does Mr. B give for agreeing to let Pamela go home after this incident?

3. What does Pamela learn through a letter from Mr. Williams about the gentry and their attitude toward her situation?

4. By the end of Section 1, Pamela is established as the main character pursuing a goal and Mr. B as the character who is presenting obstacles to her accomplishing her goal. Which of the following pair of words best describes these two roles?

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

(see the answer key)

This section contains 487 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample