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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 10: pages 242-274.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What feelings towards Pamela has Mr. B displayed after she reacts to overhearing Mrs. B and Mrs. Jeweks' conversation in Section 8?
(a) He treats her badly most of the time.
(b) He vacillates between negative and positive feelings towards Pamela.
(c) His hostility towards her is diminishing.
(d) He is angrier than ever.

2. As Mr. B and Pamela become increasingly open in their discussions of their future, what does Mr. B reveal to Pamela about the sham marriage of which she read accidentally?
(a) He chastises her for believing such nonsense.
(b) He admits that he considered it.
(c) He denies it completely.
(d) He claims he knew nothing of it.

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

4. What reason does Mr. B give for insisting that he must find Pamela a husband?
(a) To end his responsibility for her.
(b) To provide her with security.
(c) She is too pretty to escape the designs of men.
(d) To prevent her from having to work for him.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What are the significant aspects of the conversations between Mr. B and the third visitor prior to the marriage between Mr. B and Pamela?

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

3. 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?

4. After Pamela's rejection of Mr. B's proposition, Mr B renews his attempt to take liberties with her, resulting in Pamela's fainting. What new worries face Pamela after this incident?

5. Who delivers the letter from Mr. B to Pamela while she is at the inn on her way home from Lincolnshire?

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