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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 6: pages 134-160.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What characteristic of the society is made evident in Section 3 of the novel when Mr. B terminates the employment of servants?
(a) Family relationships.
(b) The attitude of the lower class to the upper class.
(c) The relationship between men and women.
(d) The power of the rich over the poor.

2. In Section 4 when Mr. B writes to Mr. Andrews, what does Mr. B allege about the liberties he has taken with Pamela?
(a) He claims that Pamela is to blame for them.
(b) He claims that Pamela misunderstood his intentions.
(c) He claims that they did not occur.
(d) He denies that they were serious.

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

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

5. In what century was "Pamela" written?
(a) The sixteenth.
(b) The nineteenth.
(c) The seventeenth.
(d) The eighteenth.

Short Answer Questions

1. Faced with the realization that she is worried about Mr. B's condition, what concern does Pamela have about her response?

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

4. When given the opportunity to apologize for her insolence and continue working, what does Mrs. Jervis do?

5. In the preface to the novel, what phrase is used to describe the category to which it belongs?

(see the answer key)

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