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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 9- Chapter 17: The Hotel and Chapter 18: The Boarding-House.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Section 9, Chapter 18, what torments Coverdale at night in his hotel room?
(a) Dreams of his Blithedale friends.
(b) The other hotel tenants.
(c) The rats scurrying on the floor.
(d) The loud noises from the street.

2. What does Priscilla do when Coverdale tells her that she is fortunate that she has nothing dismal to remember?
(a) She tells him he does not know her at all.
(b) She smiles at him.
(c) She seems to be listening to a distant voice.
(d) She tells him she does have dismal things from her past.

3. Who did Priscilla used to make silk purses for?
(a) Hollingsworth.
(b) Moodie.
(c) Zenobia.
(d) Mrs. Foster.

4. What does Priscilla ask that Zenobia do for her?
(a) That she will help her to know what to wear.
(b) Help her to get to know Mr. Coverdale better.
(c) Help her to get to know Mr. Hollingsworth better.
(d) Only that Zenobia allow her to always be near her.

5. Who looks at Coverdale scornfully from the boardinghouse window before lowering the curtain?
(a) Hollingsworth.
(b) Westervelt.
(c) Zenobia.
(d) Priscilla.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Coverdale find Zenobia and Priscilla doing in the barn, in Section 4, Chapter 8?

2. Coverdale believes he has done Hollingsworth a great wrong by prying into his character; why can't he help it?

3. Coverdale and Zenobia argue about women being happy in life; what does Zenobia say is the reason of woman's unhappiness?

4. In Section 5, Chapter 9, what does Coverdale realize it's not mentally healthy to do?

5. Coverdale reads a lot while in his room and discusses the works with Hollingsworth; whose work disgusts Hollingsworth?

(see the answer key)

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