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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Mr. B react to Pamela after she responds to his proposition and the articles he proposed in it?
(a) He goes away and discontinues the discussion.
(b) He makes the amendments she requests.
(c) He withdraws the articles and proposes marriage.
(d) He pledges to improve his offer because he cannot live without her.

2. Why does Pamela wish that Mr. B would give her money instead of nice clothes?
(a) Because she is not interested in clothes
(b) Because she wants to save for the future.
(c) So she can send money for her parents.
(d) So she can go home.

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

4. How does Pamela respond to her parents' advice?
(a) She dismisses their advice.
(b) She agrees with their advice.
(c) She defends Mr. B against accusations.
(d) She promises to be careful.

5. 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 post office and describes her plight.
(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 church and seeks help.

6. Throughout Section 5, when Pamela's movements are restricted and monitored, which character is Mr. B's chief ally?
(a) Mr. Williams.
(b) Mrs. Jewkes.
(c) Lady Davers.
(d) Mrs. Jervis.

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

8. After Mr. Williams is involved in an incident and is visited by Mrs. Jewkes, how does he let Pamela down?
(a) He tells Mrs. Jewkes everything that has passed between him and Pamela.
(b) He reveals everything to Lady Davers.
(c) He reveals everything to Mr. B.
(d) He reveals everything to the gentry.

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

10. According to the articles contained in Mr. B's proposition to Pamela, where will Pamela's property be located?
(a) Lincolnshire.
(b) London.
(c) Kent.
(d) Bedfordshire.

11. In Section 2, after Mr. B returns from a two week absence, of what does he accuse Pamela?
(a) Of lying.
(b) Of neglecting her duties.
(c) Of stealing.
(d) Of being useless and artful.

12. After Pamela's failed attempt at escaping, what news of Mr. B causes her to worry about him?
(a) She hears of him being held up by thugs.
(b) She hears of him almost drowning in a hunting accident.
(c) She hears of him being shot in a hunting accident.
(d) She hears of his fall from a horse.

13. When Mr. Andrews arrives looking for Pamela, how does Mr. B explain her absence?
(a) He claims to have sent her to wait upon a bishop's wife.
(b) He clams she has gone to Lady Davers.
(c) He says she has already left for home.
(d) He denies any knowledge of her whereabouts.

14. 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 lose his house.
(b) He plans to cause Mr. Williams to be sued.
(c) He plans to use his influence to have Mr. Williams dismissed from the Church.
(d) He plans to have Mr. Williams imprisoned for debt.

15. After Mr. B ignores Pamela for some time during his visit to Lincolnshire, what surprising turn of events occurs?
(a) Mr. B asks her to be his mistress.
(b) He encourages her to contact Mr. Williams.
(c) He asks her to be his wife.
(d) Mr. B visits Pamela and commands her to dine with him.

Short Answer Questions

1. After Mr. Williams apologizes to Pamela for disclosing their plans, who writes to him about Mr. B's plans to visit?

2. Faced with the realization that she is worried about Mr. B's condition, what concern does Pamela have about her response?

3. In what century was "Pamela" written?

4. After the dinner party when Mr B disguises himself and frightens Pamela, how does she react?

5. What is Pamela's response to the idea proposed by Mr. Williams?

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