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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. The night that all the newcomers arrive at Blithedale, what does Zenobia tell them all she will act as?
(a) Hostess.
(b) Cook.
(c) Queen.
(d) Manager.

2. What does Priscilla ask that Zenobia do for her?
(a) Help her to get to know Mr. Hollingsworth better.
(b) Only that Zenobia allow her to always be near her.
(c) Help her to get to know Mr. Coverdale better.
(d) That she will help her to know what to wear.

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

4. What does Zenobia have a lot of?
(a) Hats.
(b) Pride.
(c) Weaknesses.
(d) Shoes.

5. In Section 3, Chapter 5, how does Mr. Foster say he will wake everyone at Blithedale at daybreak?
(a) He will sound the horn.
(b) He will ring the bells.
(c) He will come around to everyone's door and knock.
(d) He will fire his shotgun three times.

Short Answer Questions

1. What intrigues Mr. Coverdale about the man who accosts him on his way back to his apartment?

2. What does Coverdale suggest to Hollingsworth that he should be, in Section 3, Chapter 6?

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

4. What does Mr. Coverdale claim that the parlor in the old farmhouse in Blithedale is comparable to?

5. What does Coverdale complain about his first day at Blithedale?

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