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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 3- Chapter 5: Until Bedtime and Chapter 6: Coverdale's Sick Chamber.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What lady does Mr. Coverdale plan on meeting the day after he is accosted in Section 1, Chapter 1?
(a) Priscilla.
(b) Zenobia.
(c) The Veiled Lady.
(d) Elizabeth.

2. After claiming that she is not positively ill-natured, why does Zenobia decide to be kind to Priscilla?
(a) Because she feels bad about her treatment of her.
(b) Because Coverdale and Hollingsworth seem so interested in the girl.
(c) Because she decides she really does like her.
(d) Because she wants everyone to forgive her.

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) A great favor.
(b) His coat.
(c) His blessing.
(d) His wallet.

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

5. What does Mr. Coverdale suspect about Priscilla and Zenobia in Section 3, Chapter 5?
(a) That Zenobia idolizes Priscilla.
(b) That Priscilla idolizes Zenobia.
(c) That Priscilla and Zenobia idolize Mr. Hollingsworth.
(d) That Priscilla and Zenobia idolize him.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is a phenomenon in the Mesmeric line?

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

3. How does Mr. Coverdale think the firelight from the hearth makes the men and women of Blithedale appear?

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

5. What does Zenobia claim Priscilla to be after Mr. Coverdale tells her his suspicions?

(see the answer key)

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