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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. 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 strong and the women weak.
(c) The men handsome and the women meek.
(d) The men weak and the women strong.

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) That she will help her to know what to wear.
(d) Help her to get to know Mr. Coverdale better.

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

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

5. After Mr. Foster awakens everyone at Blithedale, what does Hollingsworth begin his first day there with?
(a) A bath.
(b) A prayer.
(c) A hearty breakfast.
(d) A three mile run.

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. After Priscilla and Mr. Hollingsworth arrive and are introduced, who tells the others to feed Priscilla?

4. Mr. Hollingsworth finally arrives and Blithedale and brings a young girl, Priscilla; how does she react when she sees Zenobia?

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

(see the answer key)

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