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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 15: pages 388-412.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At the beginning of Section 10 when everyone becomes interested in seeing Pamela, which members of the gentry visit Pamela and Mr. B?
(a) Lady Jones and her sister-in-law.
(b) Mr Coulbrand and Sir Simon.
(c) Sir Simon's family, Mr. Peters, his wife and niece, and Lady Jones and her sister-in-law .
(d) Lady Davers. Jackey and the entourage.

2. 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 goes hunting.
(c) He is busy with business matters.
(d) He spends long hours in the library.

3. According to a short narrative passage in Section 4 after Pamela is due to go home, what new betrayal has Pamela suffered?
(a) Mrs. Jervis has been intercepting her letters for Mr. B.
(b) Mrs. Jewkes has been reading her letters and reporting to Mr. B.
(c) Robin has been reading her letters and reporting to Mr. B.
(d) Jonathan the messenger who delivers her letters to her parents, is employed to Mr. B who has been reading them.

4. What causes the first confrontation between Pamela and Lady Davers, when Lady Davers arrives?
(a) Lady Davers accuses Pamela of wanting Mr. B's money.
(b) Lady davers calls Pamela a "wanton hussey".
(c) Lady Davers accuses Pamela of having lost her virtue because she refuses to believe they are married.
(d) Pamela accuses Lady Davers of arriving without warning.

5. When it is confirmed for Lady Davers that Mr. B and Pamela are truly married, Lady Davers reacts negatively. What does this reaction to the news reflect about some aspects of the society in which the novel is set?
(a) She shows prejudice by saying that she doesn't want a servant girl in her family.
(b) She shows the prejudice in the society by accusing Mr. B of marrying the daughter of a beggar.
(c) She shows prejudice by insisting that Pamela should inherit nothing from her family.
(d) She shows prejudice by saying that Pamela must not live in the family estate.

Short Answer Questions

1. As the first altercation between Pamela and Lady Davers escalates, how does Pamela get away from Lady Davers to meet her husband?

2. As Section 3 begins, what is the reaction of Mr. B's dinner party guests to the rumors about Pamela?

3. When Mr. B and Pamela make the visit to the establishment just outside of Bedfordshire, to whom is Pamela introduced there?

4. What attitude does Mr. B show towards Pamela's virtue in Section 3 as she prepares to go home?

5. What reference to marriage does Mr. B include in the articles that he sets out in his proposition to Pamela?

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