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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. Faced with the realization that she is worried about Mr. B's condition, what concern does Pamela have about her response?
(a) She is annoyed with herself.
(b) She wonders why she cannot hate him.
(c) She fears that she has feelings for him.
(d) She fears that Mr. B will use this against her.

2. What explanation does Mr. B offer for not wanting Pamela to go to work for Lady Davers?
(a) She will be ruined by the nephew of Lady Danvers.
(b) She will not have as good a chance of becoming a lady.
(c) She will be seduced by older men in the neighborhood.
(d) She will not be treated as well as at his house.

3. 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 power of the rich over the poor.
(c) The relationship between men and women.
(d) The attitude of the lower class to the upper class.

4. After Mr. B decides to send Pamela home, what excuse does he use to delay her departure?
(a) That she must wait for Mrs. Jervis to go with her.
(b) That she must wait for her father to come and take her.
(c) That she must finish the waistcoat she has been making for him.
(d) That she must await Jonathan to take her.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Apart from the gentry and Mr. Andrews, which other person visits Mr. B and Pamela shortly before the wedding?

2. After the dinner party when Mr. B disguises himself, what is Mr. B's response to Mrs. Jervis?

3. What event leads Pamela to plot her own escape?

4. How does Pamela react to the attempts of the ladies to see her at the dinner party?

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

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