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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After the dinner party when Mr B disguises himself and frightens Pamela, how does she react?
(a) She runs out of the house.
(b) She shrieks and faints then awakens to find Mr. B gone.
(c) She screams out for Mrs. Jervis to come.
(d) She calls for Mrs. Jewkes.

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

3. At the end of Section 7, it is evident that Mr. B has contradictory feelings about Pamela. How does he communicate these feelings to Pamela?
(a) He cannot marry her but he loves her.
(b) He praises Pamela but confesses he cannot stand the thought of marriage nor the thought of her marrying another man.
(c) He has already comitted to someone but he cannot do without Pamela.
(d) He wants to be with her but his social status forbids this.

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

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

6. As Pamela discovers her situation with Mrs. Jewkes in Section 5, how does Pamela seek assistance from Mr. Williams?
(a) She meets Mr. Williams at the church and seeks help.
(b) She asks Mrs. Jewkes to ask him to help her.
(c) She hides a letter to Mr. Williams asking him to help her escape.
(d) She meets Mr. Williams at the post office and describes her plight.

7. What does Mr. B communicate to the farmer about Pamela?
(a) That she needs to be kept there until Mr. B can join her.
(b) That she will be met there by Mrs. Jewkes who will go with her to Bedfordshire.
(c) That he means to save her from a dangerous love affair.
(d) That she must be kept there until her father comes for her.

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

9. Which of the following words best describe the attitude reflected in Mr. B's proposition and in the articles that he presents to Pamela?
(a) Pride, generosity and concern.
(b) Humility, generosity and self-confidence.
(c) Penitence, reflection and regret.
(d) Pride, arrogance and disrespect.

10. What does Pamela learn through a letter from Mr. Williams about the gentry and their attitude toward her situation?
(a) They are sorry for her.
(b) They regret her situation but are unwilling to anger Mr. B by helping her.
(c) They are willing to help her.
(d) They consider her an outsider.

11. At the end of Section 5, in an effort to save her virtue, what does Pamela write Mr. B about?
(a) She threatens to tell Lady Davers about her troubles.
(b) She threatens to inform the clergyman about her troubles.
(c) She writes telling him of her misery and begging him not to see her.
(d) She writes telling him of her misery.

12. In Section 3 of the novel when Mr. B agrees to let Pamela go home, what is Pamela's attitude toward Mr. B?
(a) She has mixed feelings about him.
(b) She is determined to take revenge.
(c) She wishes him well for his mother's sake.
(d) She hates him.

13. About what does Mr. B write to Pamela while she is waiting to go home in Section 5?
(a) He tells her he is sorry for his poor behavior.
(b) He tells her to be careful of the clergyman.
(c) He tells her to pay attention to the guidance of Mrs. Jewkes.
(d) He writes begging Pamela to see him.

14. After failing to help Pamela escape, Mr. Williams writes to her introducing a different subject. What is the subject?
(a) He proposes marriage.
(b) He proposes a visit to the clergyman.
(c) He proposes an appeal to Mr. B's sister, Lady Davers.
(d) He wants to take her out of Mr. B's reach.

15. How does Lady Davers respond to Pamela when she visits?
(a) She mocks her simplicity.
(b) She describes her as incompetent to continue working.
(c) She praises her and speaks of hiring her.
(d) She warns her against trying to seduce Mr. B.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Pamela seek to contribute to collaborating with Mr. Williams to arrange her escape?

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

3. 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?

4. In whom does Pamela confide about the incident with Mr. B?

5. Why does Pamela wish that Mr. B would give her money instead of nice clothes?

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