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

2. In Section 4 when Mr. B writes to Mr. Andrews, what does Mr. B allege about the liberties he has taken with Pamela?
(a) He claims that Pamela is to blame for them.
(b) He denies that they were serious.
(c) He claims that they did not occur.
(d) He claims that Pamela misunderstood his intentions.

3. How does Mr. B try to get rid of Pamela after the dinner party?
(a) He suggests that she should go to work at the church.
(b) He suggests that she should go into service at the home of Lady Danvers.
(c) He threatens to send her home.
(d) He threatens to send her to a home for young women.

4. What is the alternative title of the novel?
(a) Virtue Tested.
(b) Virtue Seduced.
(c) Or Virtue Rewarded.
(d) The Benefits of Virtue.

5. 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 dishonest.
(c) He is insincere.
(d) He is manipulative.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Pamela respond to her parents' advice?

2. What reason does Mr. B give for insisting that he must find Pamela a husband?

3. In the preface to the novel, what phrase is used to describe the category to which it belongs?

4. After Mr. Williams is involved in an incident and is visited by Mrs. Jewkes, how does he let Pamela down?

5. What is the response of Pamela's parents to her first letter?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. After Pamela rejects Mr. B's proposal for her to become his mistress, to what lengths does he go to have his way with her?

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

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

5. What other warnings do Pamela's parents give her at the beginning of the novel?

6. 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?

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

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

9. What is the significance of the dinner party about which Pamela writes her parents?

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

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