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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. In the preface to the novel, what phrase is used to describe the category to which it belongs?
(a) Coming of age.
(b) Picaresque.
(c) Romance.
(d) Novel of manners.

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 back her letters.
(b) To appeal to Mr. B on her behalf.
(c) To send her letters to her parents and pray for her.
(d) To pray for her.

5. 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 promises to think about it.
(d) She says she will return after Pamela leaves.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What explanation does Mr. B offer for not wanting Pamela to go to work for Lady Davers?

3. Which of the following words best describe the attitude reflected in Mr. B's proposition and in the articles that he presents to Pamela?

4. At the end of Section 2, what is the reaction of the other servants to Pamela's departure from Mr. B's estate?

5. About what plan devised by Mr. B against Mr. Williams does Pamela accidentally read in a letter from Mr. B?

Short Essay Questions

1. What complications does Mr. B design in order to keep Pamela under his control after she leaves his estate?

2. In Section 3 of the novel when Mr. B intensifies his advances toward Pamela in an incident that involves Mrs. Jervis, what significant outcome results?

3. What important aspects of the plot are revealed through Pamela's first letter to her parents?

4. In the preface to the novel, reference is made to the comment by the editor of "Pamela" that the book will become the standard for this style of writing. To what style of writing does the novel belong?

5. From the very beginning, Pamela's parents seem to be aware of Mr. B as a danger to Pamela's virtue. In what way does this foreshadow later events?

6. As Pamela leaves for Lincolnshire what part do letters play in advancing the plot?

7. In Section 6, how does Pamela reveal that she has conflicting emotions about Mr. B?

8. What incidents follow Pamela's loss of help from Mr. Williams?

9. What character traits of Mrs. Jewkes are revealed in Section 5 as she acts as Mr. B's ally?

10. How does Mr. B intensify his advances toward Pamela after the argument at the party?

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