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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. According to Pamela's father, how important is it for Pamela to maintain her virtue?
(a) He says virtue is more important than life.
(b) He says her virtue is important to her future.
(c) He says virtue is important if she wants a good husband.
(d) He says virtue is of great importance.

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. In Section 6, after the news of Mr. B's planned visit to Lincolnshire, Mrs. Jewkes frightens Pamela with information about a new scheme that Mr. B is supposedly planning. What is this scheme?
(a) He plans to give up all responsibility for her.
(b) He plans to send her to Lady Davers.
(c) He plans to send her to Kent to work for his friends.
(d) He plans to marry Pamela to Mr. Colbrand and buy her on her wedding day.

10. 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 imprisoned for debt.
(c) He plans to have Mr. Williams lose his house.
(d) He plans to cause Mr. Williams to be sued.

11. Faced with the realization that she is worried about Mr. B's condition, what concern does Pamela have about her response?
(a) She fears that she has feelings for him.
(b) She is annoyed with herself.
(c) She fears that Mr. B will use this against her.
(d) She wonders why she cannot hate him.

12. What reference does Mr. B make to Mr. Williams in one of the articles contained in his proposition to Pamela?
(a) He wants Pamela to write to the Church complaining about the actions of Mr. Williams.
(b) He wants an assurance that Mr. Williams had no encouragement from Pamela.
(c) He wants Pamela to have no contact with Mr. Williams.
(d) He wants Pamela to give details about all the discussions between Pamela and Mr. Williams.

13. What event leads Pamela to plot her own escape?
(a) The death of Mr. Williams' colleague.
(b) Mr. B forbids Mr. Williams to help her.
(c) Mr. Andrews asks Mr. Williams to stay out of the situation.
(d) Mr. Williams no longer wants to help her.

14. How does Mr. B deal with the incident in which Pamela runs to her room and lies on the floor?
(a) He summons Mrs. Jervis and accuses Pamela of sullying his reputation when his advances were only in jest.
(b) He accuses Pamela of being a liar.
(c) He tells Mrs. Jervis to take Pamela to her sleep in her room.
(d) He threatens to dismiss Pamela and Mrs. Jervis.

15. After the dinner party when Mr. B disguises himself, what is Mr. B's response to Mrs. Jervis?
(a) He dismisses her because she takes Pamela's side against him.
(b) He dismisses her because she knows too much.
(c) He dismisses her because she threatens to reveal his actions.
(d) He moves her to another estate

Short Answer Questions

1. What event results in Pamela's first letter to her parents?

2. How does Pamela respond to being let down by Mr. Williams?

3. What is Mr. B's first response to seeing Pamela writing to her parents?

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

5. At the end of Section 5, in an effort to save her virtue, what does Pamela write Mr. B about?

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