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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What reference to marriage does Mr. B include in the articles that he sets out in his proposition to Pamela?
2. What incident that occurs in Section 2, does Mr. B ask Pamela to keep a secret?
3. 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?
4. What is Mr. B's first response to seeing Pamela writing to her parents?
5. What does Mr. B first offer Pamela in fulfillment of his mother's wishes?
Short Essay Questions
1. 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?
2. What role does Mrs. Jewkes play in Section 4 of the novel?
3. In Section 3 of the novel, how does Mr. B's increasing interference with Pamela reveal aspects of his character and create tension?
4. What is the significance of the dinner party about which Pamela writes her parents?
5. How do the circumstances of Pamela's life cause her to adopt one of the flaws in Mr. B's character?
6. How does Pamela deal with the approaches made by Mr B and what is the result?
7. What incidents follow Pamela's loss of help from Mr. Williams?
8. In Section 6, how does Pamela reveal that she has conflicting emotions about Mr. B?
9. How does Mr. B manipulate other characters to achieve what he wants from Pamela?
10. What important aspects of the plot are revealed through Pamela's first letter to her parents?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss the view that "Pamela" is a vehicle through which Samuel Richardson promotes the idea of virtue and the dangers of exposing innocent young women to worldly men.
Essay Topic 2
Discuss the evolution of the adversarial relationship between Mr. B and Pamela and comment on the role played by this relationship in the novel.
Essay Topic 3
It is reasonable to assume that the author thought carefully about the alternative title "Or Virtue Rewarded". Compare and contrast the relative merits and demerits of the titles "Pamela" and "Virtue Rewarded"
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