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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 does Zenobia praise Mr. Coverdale about at the beginning of Section 2, Chapter 3, as everyone arrives at Blithedale?
(a) His attire.
(b) His poetry.
(c) His food.
(d) His music.

2. 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) A great favor.
(d) His wallet.

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

4. How does Coverdale spend his first night at Blithedale?
(a) With Zenobia.
(b) In a fever with a cold.
(c) Sleepless.
(d) With Priscilla.

5. How is the atmosphere at the first dinner in the Blithedale farmhouse?
(a) Cheerful.
(b) Dull.
(c) Oppressive.
(d) Exciting.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why is Zenobia upset with Mr. Hollingsworth in Section 2, Chapter 3?

3. The night that all the newcomers arrive at Blithedale, what does Zenobia tell them all she will act as?

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

5. What does Mr. Coverdale suspect about Priscilla and Zenobia in Section 3, Chapter 5?

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