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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) Mr. B visits Pamela and commands her to dine with him.
(d) He asks her to be his wife.

2. What characteristic of the society is made evident in Section 3 of the novel when Mr. B terminates the employment of servants?
(a) The power of the rich over the poor.
(b) The attitude of the lower class to the upper class.
(c) Family relationships.
(d) The relationship between men and women.

3. In Section 7 after his failed proposition and his failed attempt to seduce Pamela, what concessions does Mr. B make to allow Pamela more freedom?
(a) He agrees that she can contact Mr. Williams.
(b) He agrees to lessen her restraints and allow her to write to her parents as long as he can see the letters first.
(c) She can go home as long as she returns once per month.
(d) She can be free of Mrs. Jewkes directions.

4. What reference to marriage does Mr. B include in the articles that he sets out in his proposition to Pamela?
(a) He will marry her after she has a child.
(b) He will review the possibility of marrying her after two years.
(c) There is no reference to marriage
(d) He will marry her after twelve months of cohabitation if her good behavior continues.

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

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

7. 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.

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

9. 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 Mr. B.
(c) He reveals everything to the gentry.
(d) He reveals everything to Lady Davers.

10. 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 claims to have sent her to wait upon a bishop's wife.
(d) He denies any knowledge of her whereabouts.

11. When given the opportunity to apologize for her insolence and continue working, what does Mrs. Jervis do?
(a) She refuses because of Mr. B's treatment of Pamela.
(b) She accepts and apologizes.
(c) She says she will return after Pamela leaves.
(d) She promises to think about it.

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

13. What aspect of Mr. B's character is displayed when he contacts the farmer to explain why Mr. B has sent Pamela there?
(a) He is manipulative.
(b) He is insincere.
(c) He is dishonest.
(d) He is obstinate.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Pamela wish that Mr. B would give her money instead of nice clothes?

2. In Section 2, after Mr. B returns from a two week absence, of what does he accuse Pamela?

3. After Pamela's failed attempt at escaping, what news of Mr. B causes her to worry about him?

4. 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?

5. What reference does Mr. B make to Mr. Williams in one of the articles contained in his proposition to Pamela?

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