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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 Coverdale awake to outside his window after his first night at Blithedale?
(a) Flowers blooming.
(b) Snow on the ground.
(c) Giant pieces of hail.
(d) Broken tree limbs.

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

3. What does Zenobia do with the flower in her hair after she announces dinner is ready?
(a) She places it in the middle of the table.
(b) She throws it in the garbage.
(c) She replaces it with a fresh flower.
(d) She flings it to the ground.

4. Mr. Hollingsworth finally arrives and Blithedale and brings a young girl, Priscilla; how does she react when she sees Zenobia?
(a) She yells and runs away.
(b) She begins to cry.
(c) She begins to scream.
(d) She drops to her knees and clasps Zenobia's hand.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What type of flower does Zenobia wear in her hair?

(see the answer key)

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