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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. 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?
(a) The many biblical allusions.
(b) The pastoral setting in which the action takes place.
(c) The relationships between different social classes.
(d) The exchange of letters between the characters.

2. What is the alternative title of the novel?
(a) The Benefits of Virtue.
(b) Or Virtue Rewarded.
(c) Virtue Seduced.
(d) Virtue Tested.

3. How does Pamela react after she overhears the conversation between Mrs. Jewkes and Mr. B?
(a) She angrily attacks Mr. B.
(b) She is angry with Mrs. Jewkes.
(c) She storms out and goes home.
(d) She falls to her knees and thanks Mr. B.

4. What attitude does Mr. B show towards Pamela's virtue in Section 3 as she prepares to go home?
(a) He mocks it and predicts that someone will have it.
(b) He considers it an obstacle.
(c) He respects it.
(d) He considers it insincere.

5. Pamela's worries about Mr. B's safety and about what he might have heard from Mrs. Jewkes about Pamela, suggest that she has mixed feelings about Mr. B even though he has been so brutal to her; which of the following literary devices is exemplified in this situation?
(a) Irony.
(b) Sarcasm.
(c) Metaphor.
(d) Foreshadowing.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Mr. B arrives at Lincolnshire and ignores Pamela, what does Pamela worry about?

2. Upon hearing the response of the gentry toward her plight, what does Pamela ask Mr. Williams to do to help her?

3. At the beginning of Section 10 when everyone becomes interested in seeing Pamela, which members of the gentry visit Pamela and Mr. B?

4. After Pamela's failed attempt at escaping, what news of Mr. B causes her to worry about him?

5. In a rare outburst, what name does Pamela call Mr. B's ally in making her life difficult?

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