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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 7: pages 160-189.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. About what plan devised by Mr. B against Mr. Williams does Pamela accidentally read in a letter from Mr. B?
(a) He plans to use his influence to have Mr. Williams dismissed from the Church.
(b) He plans to have Mr. Williams lose his house.
(c) He plans to cause Mr. Williams to be sued.
(d) He plans to have Mr. Williams imprisoned for debt.

2. At the beginning of Section 6, what tragedy befalls Mr. Williams?
(a) He is involved in an accident.
(b) He is attacked by two rogues and his belongings are stolen.
(c) Mr. B attacks him for interfering with Pamela.
(d) He is dismissed from the Church.

3. When given the opportunity to apologize for her insolence and continue working, what does Mrs. Jervis do?
(a) She accepts and apologizes.
(b) She says she will return after Pamela leaves.
(c) She refuses because of Mr. B's treatment of Pamela.
(d) She promises to think about it.

4. What is Mr. B's first response to seeing Pamela writing to her parents?
(a) He praises her.
(b) He chastises her for neglecting his mother.
(c) He chastises her for neglecting the household duties.
(d) He calls her childish and simple.

5. How does Mr. B react to Pamela after she responds to his proposition and the articles he proposed in it?
(a) He makes the amendments she requests.
(b) He pledges to improve his offer because he cannot live without her.
(c) He withdraws the articles and proposes marriage.
(d) He goes away and discontinues the discussion.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Section 6, after the news of Mr. B's planned visit to Lincolnshire, Mrs. Jewkes frightens Pamela with information about a new scheme that Mr. B is supposedly planning. What is this scheme?

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

3. 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?

4. After the dinner party when Mr B disguises himself and frightens Pamela, how does she react?

5. As Pamela discovers her situation with Mrs. Jewkes in Section 5, how does Pamela seek assistance from Mr. Williams?

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