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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 Section 10, when members of the gentry visit Mr. B and Pamela, what is their reaction to Pamela?
(a) They are cordial.
(b) Everyone praises her.
(c) They are respectful but unfriendly.
(d) They are distant.

2. When Mr. B demands Pamela's letters and she presents them to him in the garden, what information contained in her papers brings a significant response from Mr. B?
(a) He laments her contemplation of suicide.
(b) He realizes how badly he has affected her.
(c) He is curious that she worried when he almost drowned.
(d) He is upset that she feels so negatively towards him.

3. As Pamela returns to Bedfordhshire and assumes her new way of life, what aspects of her character are revealed?
(a) Inability to cope with her new status and to adapt to her role.
(b) She is dependent on Mr. B and can only handle the situation when Mr. B is around.
(c) She is dependent upon Mrs. Jervis for everything.
(d) Resilience, adaptability and ability to rise to the occasion of her marriage.

4. How does Mr. Andrews feel after Pamela tells him all that has transpired leading to the plans for her marriage?
(a) He is anxious about her safety.
(b) He is happy to be reunited with Pamela but he is eager to return to tell his wife.
(c) He is distressed.
(d) He is still hostile to Mr. B.

5. How do Pamela and Lady Davers try to deal with Mr. B's rage?
(a) Each one tries to explain to Mr. B that she did not mean to let the situation get out of hand.
(b) Both plead with Mr. B to forgive them.
(c) Both decide to ignore Mr. B and deal with each other.
(d) Both withdraw from the situation.

Short Answer Questions

1. Upon hearing that Lady Davers plans to visit, how does Pamela advise Mr. B to respond?

2. When Mr. B asks Pamela what she will do if she is unable to interact with other ladies after they are married, how does Pamela respond?

3. After the discussion of the incident involving Lady Davers and Pamela, how do the guests of Sir Simon pass the time?

4. What event occurs at the home of Pamela and Mr. B on the morning after the confrontation between Lady Davers and Pamela?

5. As Pamela settles down at her home in Bedfordshire and sets up her household, how does she demonstrate her ongoing commitment to her parents?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Section 8, how do letters and Pamela's notes play a significant role in the story?

2. What is the significance of the author's decision to return Pamela to Bedfordshire for the end of the story?

3. How do the gentry continue to show support for the marriage between Mr. B and Pamela? How does their behavior contrast with that of Lady Davers?

4. When Lady Davers abuses Pamela and the quarrel between Lady Davers and Mr. B escalates, what is the final offense committed by Lady Davers and to what does it lead?

5. What does Pamela's attitude to Lady Davers' behavior reveal about her character?

6. How does the conflict between Mr. B and Lady Davers escalate at the beginning of Section 13?

7. On the night and day following her wedding, how does Pamela feel about the events that occur?

8. In Section 8, how do the events involving news of a sham marriage and Pamela's departure from Lincolnshire lead to changes in the emotions of both Mr. B and Pamela?

9. In Section 10, how is Mr. Williams returned to the story?

10. As the newly married couple settle down in Bedforshire, how does the author demonstrate Pamela's adjustment to her new way of life?

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