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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. By the end of Section 1, Pamela is established as the main character pursuing a goal and Mr. B as the character who is presenting obstacles to her accomplishing her goal. Which of the following pair of words best describes these two roles?
(a) Heroine and villain.
(b) Protagonist and villain.
(c) Protagonist and antagonist.
(d) Lead Roles.

2. Why does Pamela wish that Mr. B would give her money instead of nice clothes?
(a) So she can send money for her parents.
(b) Because she is not interested in clothes
(c) So she can go home.
(d) Because she wants to save for the future.

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

4. After being confronted by Pamela, what does Robin do about his assistance to Mr. B and his scheme against Pamela?
(a) He explains that he has no choice but to help Mr. B.
(b) He apologizes.
(c) He tells Pamela that he will make it up to her by helping her.
(d) He promises to stop helping Mr. B.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. At the beginning of Section 2, when Mr. B wants to give Pamela the gift of clothes, how does he try to gain her trust?

2. What reference to marriage does Mr. B include in the articles that he sets out in his proposition to Pamela?

3. How does Pamela react to the attempts of the ladies to see her at the dinner party?

4. Upon hearing the response of the gentry toward her plight, what does Pamela ask Mr. Williams to do to help her?

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

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

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

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

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

6. What role does Mrs. Jervis play in the beginning of the story?

7. 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?

8. How does the tension between Mr B and Pamela escalate as Section 4 of the novel is completed?

9. What are the early indications that Mr. B is making inappropriate approaches to Pamela?

10. How is the foundation of Pamela's virtue established and reinforced in Section 2 when questions arise about Mr. B's intentions towards her?

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