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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. 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 does not trust Hollingsworth.
(c) Because he envies Hollingsworth.
(d) Because he loves Hollingsworth so much.

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

3. What does Zenobia tell Priscilla that she needs, a role which Zenobia intends to fulfill?
(a) A sister.
(b) A duenna.
(c) A mother.
(d) A friend.

4. In Zenobia's story about the Veiled Lady, what spell does the magician tell the lady about, after warning her of peril?
(a) To throw a veil over the maiden's head, which is a binding spell, and summon him who will seize the white horse.
(b) To throw a veil over the maiden's head, which is a binding spell, and summon him who will seize the golden necklace.
(c) To throw a veil over the maiden's head, which is a binding spell, and summon him who will seize the maiden.
(d) To throw a veil over the maiden's head, which is a binding spell, and summon him who will seize the Veiled Lady.

5. In Zenobia's story about the Veiled Lady, what does the Lady tell the young man who sneaks into her room will happen to him if he kisses her?
(a) He will condem himelf to death.
(b) He will never be able to forget her.
(c) He will be pledged to her, and from that instant she is doomed to be his evil fate.
(d) He will help to free her from the spell.

Short Answer Questions

1. While telling her legend, Zenobia asks Priscilla to stand in front of her so that she can be inspired by her what?

2. How is the atmosphere at the first dinner in the Blithedale farmhouse?

3. From his hotel window in town, what is Coverdale watching creep along the office rooftops that bewitches him?

4. While watching the boardinghouse from his hotel window, Coverdale beholds Zenobia and Priscilla; who else does he see with them?

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

(see the answer key)

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