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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. What event results in Pamela's first letter to her parents?
(a) Mr. B's gift.
(b) Mr. B's advances.
(c) The loss of Pamela's job.
(d) The death of Pamela's lady.

2. How does Mr. B try to encourage Pamela to keep the incident a secret?
(a) He offers her money.
(b) He offers her new clothes.
(c) He promises to give her a higher place in the household.
(d) He offers her a holiday.

3. According to a short narrative passage in Section 4 after Pamela is due to go home, what new betrayal has Pamela suffered?
(a) Robin has been reading her letters and reporting to Mr. B.
(b) Mrs. Jervis has been intercepting her letters for Mr. B.
(c) Mrs. Jewkes has been reading her letters and reporting to Mr. B.
(d) Jonathan the messenger who delivers her letters to her parents, is employed to Mr. B who has been reading them.

4. How does Pamela react to the attempts of the ladies to see her at the dinner party?
(a) She hides in Mrs. Jervis' room.
(b) She hides in a closet.
(c) She goes out of the house.
(d) She wears a disguise.

5. According to Pamela's father, how important is it for Pamela to maintain her virtue?
(a) He says virtue is more important than life.
(b) He says virtue is of great importance.
(c) He says her virtue is important to her future.
(d) He says virtue is important if she wants a good husband.

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. As Pamela is supposedly on her way home from Mr. B's estate with the coachman, where does Mr. B arrange for them to make the first stop?

3. In Section 3 of the novel when Mr. B agrees to let Pamela go home, what is Pamela's attitude toward Mr. B?

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. 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?

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