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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 is a phenomenon in the Mesmeric line?
(a) The opera.
(b) The new play by Coverdale.
(c) The Asian Lady.
(d) The Veiled Lady.

2. How does Mr. Foster greet all the men while the women are preparing dinner the first night at Blithedale?
(a) Nervously.
(b) Angrily.
(c) Politely.
(d) Uncouthly.

3. What does Zenobia claim Priscilla to be after Mr. Coverdale tells her his suspicions?
(a) A writer.
(b) A seamstress.
(c) A cook.
(d) A maid.

4. What does Mr. Coverdale claim that the parlor in the old farmhouse in Blithedale is comparable to?
(a) The Artic.
(b) Paradise.
(c) The beach.
(d) Hell.

5. What are Mrs. Foster and her husband in charge of at Blithedale?
(a) They teach at the schoolhouse in Blithedale.
(b) They manage the farm and teach the upperclassmen the art of husbandry.
(c) They manage the house and teach the women to cook.
(d) They are in charge of feeding everyone at Blithedale.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. After the first group dinner at Blithedale, what does Mr. Foster do while everyone adjourns to the sitting room?

4. What does Zenobia praise Mr. Coverdale about at the beginning of Section 2, Chapter 3, as everyone arrives at Blithedale?

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

(see the answer key)

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