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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. 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 obstinate.
(b) He is manipulative.
(c) He is insincere.
(d) He is dishonest.

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

6. After the dinner party when Mr B disguises himself and frightens Pamela, how does she react?
(a) She screams out for Mrs. Jervis to come.
(b) She calls for Mrs. Jewkes.
(c) She shrieks and faints then awakens to find Mr. B gone.
(d) She runs out of the house.

7. What explanation does Mr. B offer for not wanting Pamela to go to work for Lady Davers?
(a) She will not be treated as well as at his house.
(b) She will be ruined by the nephew of Lady Danvers.
(c) She will not have as good a chance of becoming a lady.
(d) She will be seduced by older men in the neighborhood.

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

9. At the beginning of Section 6, what tragedy befalls Mr. Williams?
(a) He is dismissed from the Church.
(b) He is involved in an accident.
(c) Mr. B attacks him for interfering with Pamela.
(d) He is attacked by two rogues and his belongings are stolen.

10. 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 twelve months of cohabitation if her good behavior continues.
(b) He will marry her after she has a child.
(c) There is no reference to marriage
(d) He will review the possibility of marrying her after two years.

11. 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 tells Mrs. Jervis to take Pamela to her sleep in her room.
(c) He accuses Pamela of being a liar.
(d) He threatens to dismiss Pamela and Mrs. Jervis.

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 give details about all the discussions between Pamela and Mr. Williams.
(b) He wants Pamela to write to the Church complaining about the actions of Mr. Williams.
(c) He wants an assurance that Mr. Williams had no encouragement from Pamela.
(d) He wants Pamela to have no contact with Mr. Williams.

13. In whom does Pamela confide about the incident with Mr. B?
(a) Mrs. Jervis.
(b) Mrs. Jewkes.
(c) Lady Davers.
(d) Jonathan.

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

15. Pamela's worries about Mr. B's safety and about what he might have heard from Mrs. Jewkes about Pamela, suggest that she has mixed feelings about Mr. B even though he has been so brutal to her; which of the following literary devices is exemplified in this situation?
(a) Sarcasm.
(b) Metaphor.
(c) Foreshadowing.
(d) Irony.

Short Answer Questions

1. What relation is Lady Davers to Mr. B?

2. In a rare outburst, what name does Pamela call Mr. B's ally in making her life difficult?

3. How does Mr. B react to Pamela after she responds to his proposition and the articles he proposed in it?

4. In Section 3, of what does Mr. B accuse Pamela when he sees her dressed up at the dinner party?

5. What is the alternative title of the novel?

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