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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. How does Mr. B deal with the incident in which Pamela runs to her room and lies on the floor?

2. How does Mr. B try to get rid of Pamela after the dinner party?

3. Why does Pamela wish that Mr. B would give her money instead of nice clothes?

4. What advice do Pamela's parents send her in response to Mr. Williams' earlier suggestion to Pamela?

5. After being confronted by Pamela, what does Robin do about his assistance to Mr. B and his scheme against Pamela?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. In Section 5, what role does Mr. Williams play in regard to Pamela's situation at Lincolnshire?

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

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

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

9. 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?

10. What are the early indications that Mr. B is making inappropriate approaches to Pamela?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What are the advantages and disadvantages of including "Pamela" in the Literature syllabus for high school students?

Essay Topic 2

Mr. and Mrs. Andrews are towering figures in the life of Pamela and they establish the power of simplicity, virtue and commitment in a complex and frightening world. Discuss the evidence provided by the author of the complex and frightening world in which Pamela finds herself and comment on the role of her parents in establishing that honor and virtue are powerful means of survival in such a world.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the evolution of the adversarial relationship between Mr. B and Pamela and comment on the role played by this relationship in the novel.

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