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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 13- Chapter 25: The Three Together and Chapter 26: Zenobia and Coverdale.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. As Coverdale gets leaves for Blithedale, his first steps are joyful; however, as he gets closer, how does he feel?
(a) Terrified.
(b) Sad, and he begins to cry.
(c) Like a nameless foreboding weighs upon him.
(d) Angry.

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

3. What does the person who accosts Mr. Coverdale on his way back to his apartment in Section 1, Chapter 1 want from him?
(a) His coat.
(b) His blessing.
(c) His wallet.
(d) A great favor.

4. What message does Zenobia tell Coverdale to take to Hollingsworth, in Section 13, Chapter 26?
(a) That he will forever torment her.
(b) That he has murdered her and she will haunt him.
(c) That she will always love him.
(d) That he is a wretch with a heart of ice.

5. The neighbors of Blithedale gossip that Zenobia and Hollingsworth are lovers; where do they say they plan to erect their home?
(a) On a sloping hill where they frequently walk.
(b) Near the mountainside.
(c) In a beautiful meadow where they have picnics.
(d) By a nearby pond they like to visit.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Coverdale suggest to Hollingsworth that he believes Zenobia to be the sister of?

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

3. Whose conversation does Coverdale eavesdrop on in Section 6, Chapter 12 that he decides never to disclose to another mortal?

4. Out of the three people that Coverdale spies from his hotel window at the boardinghouse, which two seem to repel one another?

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

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