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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. How does Mr. Coverdale think the firelight from the hearth makes the men and women of Blithedale appear?
(a) The men youthful and the women beautiful.
(b) The men handsome and the women meek.
(c) The men weak and the women strong.
(d) The men strong and the women weak.

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

3. What does Coverdale believe is his duty to do for Priscilla?
(a) Protect her.
(b) Educate her.
(c) Get rid of her.
(d) Marry her.

4. What does Coverdale awake to outside his window after his first night at Blithedale?
(a) Giant pieces of hail.
(b) Flowers blooming.
(c) Broken tree limbs.
(d) Snow on the ground.

5. What discomposes Priscilla after she delivers a letter to Coverdale, in Section 4, Chapter 8?
(a) Coverdale suggests that she stay in his room for the night.
(b) Coverdale suggests that she looks like Zenobia.
(c) Coverdale suggests that she looks like Mrs. Foster.
(d) Coverdale suggests that she looks like Miss Fuller.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who accosts Mr. Coverdale on his way back to his apartment in Section 1, Chapter 1?

2. What makes Mr. Coverdale think that Priscilla overheard his conversation with Zenobia in Section 3, Chapter 5?

3. Why does Coverdale believe the neighbors of Blithedale slander their farming abilities?

4. What is Coverdale convinced that Hollingsworth will gain Zenobia and Priscilla as, in Section 4, Chapter 8?

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

(see the answer key)

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