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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 does Zenobia do with the flower in her hair after she announces dinner is ready?
(a) She throws it in the garbage.
(b) She flings it to the ground.
(c) She places it in the middle of the table.
(d) She replaces it with a fresh flower.

2. From his hotel window in town, what is Coverdale watching creep along the office rooftops that bewitches him?
(a) A rat.
(b) A dove.
(c) A cat.
(d) A pigeon.

3. After Coverdale fails at trying to meet up with Zenobia and Priscilla in town, what does he long for?
(a) A storm to bring them together.
(b) To be back at Blithedale.
(c) A chance meeting.
(d) A castastrophe.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who does Zenobia throw a piece of gauze over at the end of her tale?

3. Priscilla questions Hollingsworth about Zenobia's view of the injustice the world does to women; how does he respond?

4. In Zenobia's story about the Veiled Lady, who arises in the midst of a group of visionary people?

5. To distract himself in his hotel room, Coverdale begins watching the boardinghouse again; who does he begin to watch?

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