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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. What site does Coverdale observe across from his hotel at a boardinghouse that he blesses God for?
(a) A loving elderly couple.
(b) A rainbow.
(c) Two puppies playing.
(d) A loving couple and their two children.

2. The night that all the newcomers arrive at Blithedale, what does Zenobia tell them all she will act as?
(a) Cook.
(b) Queen.
(c) Hostess.
(d) Manager.

3. Coverdale believes he has done Hollingsworth a great wrong by prying into his character; why can't he help it?
(a) Because he is obsessed with Hollingsworth.
(b) Because he loves Hollingsworth so much.
(c) Because he envies Hollingsworth.
(d) Because he does not trust Hollingsworth.

4. What does Coverdale learn about Priscilla from Hollingsworth, in Section 4, Chapter 7?
(a) That she has recently escaped peril and may still be liable to danger.
(b) That she is secrelty engaged to Hollingsworth.
(c) That she is terminally ill.
(d) That she is the long-lost sister of Zenobia.

5. How is the atmosphere at the first dinner in the Blithedale farmhouse?
(a) Exciting.
(b) Dull.
(c) Cheerful.
(d) Oppressive.

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of flower does Zenobia wear in her hair?

2. What letter does Priscilla bring to Coverdale in his room, along with a nightcap?

3. Zenobia offers to invent a wild legend one day; how does everyone at Blithedale respond?

4. What does the community of Blithedale declare May Day as, in Section 4, Chapter 8?

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

(see the answer key)

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