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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 4- Chapter 7: The Convalescent and Chapter 8: A Modern Arcadia.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Coverdale suggest to Hollingsworth that he should be, in Section 3, Chapter 6?
(a) A priest.
(b) A lawyer.
(c) A farmer.
(d) A banker.

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

3. Who accosts Mr. Coverdale on his way back to his apartment in Section 1, Chapter 1?
(a) Zenobia.
(b) Mr. Moodie.
(c) Hollingsworth.
(d) Priscilla.

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

5. What does Coverdale find Zenobia and Priscilla doing in the barn, in Section 4, Chapter 8?
(a) Reading and discussing their books.
(b) Lauging and celebrating the holiday together.
(c) Arguing.
(d) Feeding the horses.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the person who accosts Mr. Coverdale on his way back to his apartment in Section 1, Chapter 1 want from him?

2. What is Coverdale convinced that Hollingsworth will gain Zenobia and Priscilla as, in Section 4, Chapter 8?

3. What does Coverdale awake to outside his window after his first night at Blithedale?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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