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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. In Section 10, when members of the gentry visit Mr. B and Pamela, what is their reaction to Pamela?

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

3. What condition does Mr. B impose when he tells Pamela that she can let her parents know about the marriage?

4. In Section 14, how does Pamela respond when Lady Davers asks whether she loved Mr. B during her trials?

5. What disagreement do Pamela and Mr. B have in the early stages of planning their marriage?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

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

3. Who makes a surprise visit to Pamela and Mr. B in Section 10 and what transpires during the visit?

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

5. 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?

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

7. 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?

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

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

10. What events follow the reading of Pamela's papers by Mr. B?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 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

Identify incidents in which Samuel Richardson makes use of disguise, surprise and accidental discoveries as devices to advance the plot. Discuss their effects on the development of the story.

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