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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In a rare outburst, what name does Pamela call Mr. B's ally in making her life difficult?
(a) Devil.
(b) Agent of the Devil.
(c) Wicked Witch.
(d) Jezebel.

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

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

4. Upon hearing the response of the gentry toward her plight, what does Pamela ask Mr. Williams to do to help her?
(a) To send her letters to her parents and pray for her.
(b) To send back her letters.
(c) To pray for her.
(d) To appeal to Mr. B on her behalf.

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

6. 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 they did not occur.
(b) He denies that they were serious.
(c) He claims that Pamela is to blame for them.
(d) He claims that Pamela misunderstood his intentions.

7. 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 Mr. B.
(c) He reveals everything to the gentry.
(d) He tells Mrs. Jewkes everything that has passed between him and Pamela.

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

9. How does Mr. B try to get rid of Pamela after the dinner party?
(a) He threatens to send her to a home for young women.
(b) He threatens to send her home.
(c) He suggests that she should go to work at the church.
(d) He suggests that she should go into service at the home of Lady Danvers.

10. What is the alternative title of the novel?
(a) The Benefits of Virtue.
(b) Or Virtue Rewarded.
(c) Virtue Tested.
(d) Virtue Seduced.

11. As Pamela is supposedly on her way home from Mr. B's estate with the coachman, where does Mr. B arrange for them to make the first stop?
(a) At Mrs. Jervis's house.
(b) At Mrs. Jewkes's house.
(c) At a farmhouse.
(d) At Williams' house.

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

13. 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?
(a) The pastoral setting in which the action takes place.
(b) The relationships between different social classes.
(c) The many biblical allusions.
(d) The exchange of letters between the characters.

14. 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 praises her.
(d) He calls her childish and simple.

15. 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 offers Mr. Williams half her money to procure a horse and carriage.
(c) She promises to meet Mr. Williams at an agreed location from which he will take her to her parents.
(d) She writes a letter to her father asking him to meet her.

Short Answer Questions

1. What reference to marriage does Mr. B include in the articles that he sets out in his proposition to Pamela?

2. After Mr. B ignores Pamela for some time during his visit to Lincolnshire, what surprising turn of events occurs?

3. How does Mr. B make things worse with Pamela after his return?

4. When Mr. Andrews arrives looking for Pamela, how does Mr. B explain her absence?

5. Having agreed to Pamela's departure from Bedfordshire, what condition does Mr. B impose?

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