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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 agrees.
(b) She dismisses it altogether.
(c) She rejects it until she can see her parents.
(d) She rejects the idea unless Mr. B consents.

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

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

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

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

6. 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 wishes him well for his mother's sake.
(c) She is determined to take revenge.
(d) She hates him.

7. In what century was "Pamela" written?
(a) The eighteenth.
(b) The nineteenth.
(c) The sixteenth.
(d) The seventeenth.

8. What reason does Mr. B give for agreeing to let Pamela go home after this incident?
(a) He is tired of her hypocrisy.
(b) She is telling lies on him.
(c) He will be marrying soon.
(d) She is too much trouble.

9. In the same letter, what other allegations does Mr. B make about Pamela?
(a) That Pamela has begun a romantic correspondence with a penniless clergyman.
(b) That Pamela has been insolent to him.
(c) That Pamela no longer wishes to work for him.
(d) That Pamela has been getting mixed up with other servants.

10. While becoming more restricted by Mrs. Jewkes at Lincolnshire, how does Pamela try to get help?
(a) She asks Mrs Jewkes to help her.
(b) She writes to Sir Simon.
(c) She write to Mr. Longman.
(d) She identifies a sober clergyman whom she trusts to help her.

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

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

13. At the beginning of Section 2, when Mr. B wants to give Pamela the gift of clothes, how does he try to gain her trust?
(a) By having Lady Danvers join him.
(b) By making sure that the other servants receive gifts also.
(c) By making Mrs. Jervis give her.
(d) By making Mrs. Jervis go with him.

14. 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 insincere.
(c) He considers it an obstacle.
(d) He respects it.

15. What incident that occurs in Section 2, does Mr. B ask Pamela to keep a secret?
(a) His threat to dismiss her.
(b) The offer of employment by Lady Danvers.
(c) His promise to keep her on as a maid.
(d) His attempt to kiss her.

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. How does Mr. B deal with the incident in which Pamela runs to her room and lies on the floor?

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

4. In Section 7 when Mr. B makes his surprising new approach to Pamela, how many articles does Mr. B outline to her?

5. 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?

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