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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Pamela's response to the idea proposed by Mr. Williams?
(a) She rejects the idea unless Mr. B consents.
(b) She dismisses it altogether.
(c) She agrees.
(d) She rejects it until she can see her parents.

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

3. How does Mr. B try to encourage Pamela to keep the incident a secret?
(a) He offers her a holiday.
(b) He offers her money.
(c) He promises to give her a higher place in the household.
(d) He offers her new clothes.

4. How does Pamela seek to contribute to collaborating with Mr. Williams to arrange her escape?
(a) She writes to Mr. B and points out that she will find her way home.
(b) She writes a letter to her father asking him to meet her.
(c) She promises to meet Mr. Williams at an agreed location from which he will take her to her parents.
(d) She offers Mr. Williams half her money to procure a horse and carriage.

5. To whom does Pamela write a letter referring to what Mr. Williams proposes?
(a) Mr. B.
(b) Mrs. Jewkes.
(c) Mrs. Jervis.
(d) Her father.

6. By the end of Section 1, Pamela is established as the main character pursuing a goal and Mr. B as the character who is presenting obstacles to her accomplishing her goal. Which of the following pair of words best describes these two roles?
(a) Protagonist and antagonist.
(b) Protagonist and villain.
(c) Heroine and villain.
(d) Lead Roles.

7. How does Pamela react to the attempts of the ladies to see her at the dinner party?
(a) She hides in Mrs. Jervis' room.
(b) She goes out of the house.
(c) She hides in a closet.
(d) She wears a disguise.

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

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

10. In Section 4 when Mr. B writes to Mr. Andrews, what does Mr. B allege about the liberties he has taken with Pamela?
(a) He claims that Pamela misunderstood his intentions.
(b) He claims that Pamela is to blame for them.
(c) He claims that they did not occur.
(d) He denies that they were serious.

11. 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.

12. In her desperation to escape from Lincolnshire, Pamela contemplates suicide but she later decides against it; why?
(a) She thinks the situation is not worth her life
(b) She fears that it will send her soul to eternal damnation.
(c) She receives a letter of inspiration from her parents.
(d) She is too afraid.

13. As Section 3 begins, what is the reaction of Mr. B's dinner party guests to the rumors about Pamela?
(a) They want to tease and embarrass her.
(b) They are anxious to see the simple servant about whom everyone is talking.
(c) They try to ridicule her for spreading rumors about Mr. B.
(d) They are anxious to see the young woman about whose beauty they have heard.

14. What does Mr. B first offer Pamela in fulfillment of his mother's wishes?
(a) Four guineas.
(b) Clothes.
(c) A job in his sister's house.
(d) To pay her way home.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What incident that occurs in Section 2, does Mr. B ask Pamela to keep a secret?

2. 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?

3. At the beginning of Section 6, what tragedy befalls Mr. Williams?

4. What aspect of Mr. B's character is displayed when he contacts the farmer to explain why Mr. B has sent Pamela there?

5. How does Lady Davers respond to Pamela when she visits?

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