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

2. What incident that occurs in Section 2, does Mr. B ask Pamela to keep a secret?

3. How does Pamela respond to her parents' advice?

4. How does Pamela respond to Mr. B's proposition and the articles contained in it?

5. As Mr. B makes his new approach to Pamela, what are the financial arrangements outlined in the articles of his proposition?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What incidents follow Pamela's loss of help from Mr. Williams?

3. How does Pamela deal with the approaches made by Mr B and what is the result?

4. How is Mr. Williams' role in helping Pamela to escape brought to an end in Section 6?

5. What role does Mrs. Jewkes play in Section 4 of the novel?

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

7. 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?

8. 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?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Using specific examples, discuss the author's treatment of the theme "use and abuse of status, wealth and power" in the novel.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the roles of the three most active minor characters in "Pamela". To what extent do they contribute to conflict in the story and how do they assist in the resolution of such conflict?

Essay Topic 3

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.

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