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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) She is too much trouble.
(b) He will be marrying soon.
(c) She is telling lies on him.
(d) He is tired of her hypocrisy.

2. How does Mr. B react to Pamela after she responds to his proposition and the articles he proposed in it?
(a) He pledges to improve his offer because he cannot live without her.
(b) He goes away and discontinues the discussion.
(c) He makes the amendments she requests.
(d) He withdraws the articles and proposes marriage.

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

4. 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) Metaphor.
(b) Foreshadowing.
(c) Irony.
(d) Sarcasm.

5. At the end of Section 5, in an effort to save her virtue, what does Pamela write Mr. B about?
(a) She writes telling him of her misery and begging him not to see her.
(b) She threatens to inform the clergyman about her troubles.
(c) She threatens to tell Lady Davers about her troubles.
(d) She writes telling him of her misery.

Short Answer Questions

1. As Section 3 begins, what is the reaction of Mr. B's dinner party guests to the rumors about Pamela?

2. At the end of Section 7, it is evident that Mr. B has contradictory feelings about Pamela. How does he communicate these feelings to Pamela?

3. At the beginning of Section 6, what tragedy befalls Mr. Williams?

4. By the end of Section 1, it is evident that the author is making use of the epistolary style of writing. To what does this refer?

5. What is the alternative title of the novel?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How does Section 6 highlight the intensity of Pamela's struggle to save her virtue?

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. 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?

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