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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. 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) Irony.
(c) Metaphor.
(d) Foreshadowing.

2. 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.

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

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

5. After Mr. Williams apologizes to Pamela for disclosing their plans, who writes to him about Mr. B's plans to visit?
(a) Jonathan.
(b) John Arnold.
(c) Lady Davers.
(d) Mrs. Jervis.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. According to a short narrative passage in Section 4 after Pamela is due to go home, what new betrayal has Pamela suffered?

3. What is the alternative title of the novel?

4. What advice do Pamela's parents send her in response to Mr. Williams' earlier suggestion to Pamela?

5. 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?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

2. In Section 5, what role does Mr. Williams play in regard to Pamela's situation at Lincolnshire?

3. How do the circumstances of Pamela's life cause her to adopt one of the flaws in Mr. B's character?

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

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

6. In Section 7, when Mr. B finally summons Pamela, what surprising development takes place?

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

8. What role does Mrs. Jewkes play in Section 4 of the novel?

9. How does Mr. B manipulate other characters to achieve what he wants from Pamela?

10. How does Pamela deal with the approaches made by Mr B and what is the result?

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