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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. After Priscilla and Mr. Hollingsworth arrive and are introduced, who tells the others to feed Priscilla?
(a) Mr. Coverdale.
(b) Mrs. Foster.
(c) Zenobia.
(d) Mr. Foster.

2. 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 strong and the women weak.
(d) The men weak and the women strong.

3. What does Mr. Coverdale compare Zenobia to in Section 2, Chapter 3?
(a) The sun.
(b) An exotic flower.
(c) The ocean.
(d) Eve in the Garden of Eden.

4. What intrigues Mr. Coverdale about the man who accosts him on his way back to his apartment?
(a) The person is blind.
(b) The hint that a gentlemen's influence may be desirable.
(c) The person seems very familiar.
(d) The hint that a lady's influence may be desirable.

5. What is the name of Mrs. Foster's husband?
(a) Simon.
(b) Sam.
(c) Silas.
(d) Steven.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. After claiming that she is not positively ill-natured, why does Zenobia decide to be kind to Priscilla?

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

4. What does Priscilla ask that Zenobia do for her?

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

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