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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 5- Chapter 9: Hollingsworth, Zenobia, Priscilla and Chapter 10: A Visitor From Town.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Mr. Coverdale claim that the parlor in the old farmhouse in Blithedale is comparable to?
(a) The Artic.
(b) The beach.
(c) Paradise.
(d) Hell.

2. Coverdale reads a lot while in his room and discusses the works with Hollingsworth; whose work disgusts Hollingsworth?
(a) Newton.
(b) Fourier.
(c) Shakespeare.
(d) Einstein.

3. After the first group dinner at Blithedale, what does Mr. Foster do while everyone adjourns to the sitting room?
(a) Goes to bed.
(b) Sits on the porch and smokes his pipe.
(c) Takes out the garbage.
(d) Cobbles an old pair of boots by the kitchen fire.

4. Before his departure for Blithedale in Chapter 1, where is Mr. Coverdale returning to his apartment from?
(a) An exhibition of the Veiled Lady.
(b) The opera.
(c) Dinner at his parents'.
(d) A play in town.

5. 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) Only that Zenobia allow her to always be near her.
(d) Help her to get to know Mr. Hollingsworth better.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mr. Coverdale compare Zenobia to in Section 2, Chapter 3?

2. What does Coverdale learn about Priscilla from Hollingsworth, in Section 4, Chapter 7?

3. What does Priscilla do when Coverdale tells her that she is fortunate that she has nothing dismal to remember?

4. What does Zenobia do with the flower in her hair after she announces dinner is ready?

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

(see the answer key)

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