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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 is the response of Pamela's parents to her first letter?
(a) They advise her to confide in one of the older servants.
(b) They advise her to confide in Lady Davers.
(c) They warn her to be careful of Mr. B.
(d) They advise her to come home.

2. What reason does Mr. B give for agreeing to let Pamela go home after this incident?
(a) He will be marrying soon.
(b) She is too much trouble.
(c) He is tired of her hypocrisy.
(d) She is telling lies on him.

3. 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 wishes him well for his mother's sake.
(b) She has mixed feelings about him.
(c) She is determined to take revenge.
(d) She hates him.

4. In whom does Pamela confide about the incident with Mr. B?
(a) Lady Davers.
(b) Mrs. Jewkes.
(c) Jonathan.
(d) Mrs. Jervis.

5. In the preface to the novel, what phrase is used to describe the category to which it belongs?
(a) Novel of manners.
(b) Coming of age.
(c) Picaresque.
(d) Romance.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Lady Davers respond to Pamela when she visits?

2. At the beginning of Section 2, when Mr. B wants to give Pamela the gift of clothes, how does he try to gain her trust?

3. As Section 3 begins, what is the reaction of Mr. B's dinner party guests to the rumors about Pamela?

4. What incident that occurs in Section 2, does Mr. B ask Pamela to keep a secret?

5. What relation is Lady Davers to Mr. B?

(see the answer key)

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