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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. How does Mr. B occupy himself in the days after he and Pamela return to Bedfordshire?
(a) He resumes his wild social life.
(b) He is busy with business matters.
(c) He goes hunting.
(d) He spends long hours in the library.

2. When Mr. B informs Mrs. Jewkes about his imminent marriage to Pamela, what is Mrs. Jewkes' main worry?
(a) That Pamela will dismiss her.
(b) That Mr. B will resent the role she played against Pamela.
(c) That Pamela will give her a lowly position in the household.
(d) That as her mistress, Pamela will be in a position to take revenge against Mrs. Jewkes who treated her very badly.

3. After this incident in which the Lady Davers makes her revelation and Mr. B becomes enraged, why is Mr. B angry with Pamela as well as Lady Davers?
(a) He is ashamed of Pamela because what his sister is saying may be true.
(b) He believes Pamela made the situation worse.
(c) He believes that Pamela is stooping too much to Lady Davers.
(d) He believes that Pamela should have stayed out of the altercation.

4. How are Pamela and Mr. B treated during the period before their departure of Lincolnshire?
(a) They are ignored as most peope are relieved to see them go.
(b) They are praised and wished well by everyone but there is relief that they are going.
(c) Their departure is celebrated.
(d) They enjoy goodness and civility from everyone.

5. As Mrs. Jewkes expresses her fears about how Pamela will treat her after being married to Mr. B, how does Pamela show her virtuous nature towards Mrs. Jewkes?
(a) She promises that they will be friends.
(b) She promises that she will hold no grudges.
(c) She promises to help her find work elsewhere.
(d) She promises to pray for her.

Short Answer Questions

1. How are Pamela's parents treated upon Mr. B's return to Bedfordshire?

2. On the eve of Pamela's departure from Lincolnshire, what specific agreement is reached between Pamela and Miss Darnford?

3. In Section 11, which character is clearly opposed to the marriage between Mrs. B and Pamela?

4. Which of the following literary devices is used by the author when he creates a situation in which Mrs. Jewkes is to become Pamela's servant, following Mrs. Jewkes' evil treatment of Pamela?

5. How does Mr. B react when he hears that the reason for Pamela's late arrival at tea is the behavior of Lady Davers?

Short Essay Questions

1. As the tensions ease between Pamela and Mr. B. in Section 9, what lingering concern does he express to Pamela about a past involvement of hers?

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

3. In Section 9, what is revealed about the complications in the changing relationship between Mr. B and Pamela?

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

5. 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?

6. What incident occurs in Section 12 that fulfills the reader's expectation of trouble from Lady Davers?

7. 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?

8. After being abused by Lady Davers, what happens when Pamela eventually arrives at Sir Simon's to meet Mr. B?

9. In Section 14, following their departure from the gentry in Lincolnshire, what events follow the return of Pamela and Mr. B to the estate in Bedfordshire?

10. How does the author treat the actual wedding of Pamela and Mr. B and with what possible effects?

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