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

2. How many men ride together to Blithedale during the storm in Section 1, Chapter 2?
(a) Two.
(b) Four.
(c) Five.
(d) Three.

3. Why does Coverdale believe the neighbors of Blithedale slander their farming abilities?
(a) Because of their envy and malice.
(b) Because they want to destroy them.
(c) Because they are scared of them.
(d) Because they are mean.

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

5. Coverdale reads a lot while in his room and discusses the works with Hollingsworth; whose work disgusts Hollingsworth?
(a) Einstein.
(b) Fourier.
(c) Newton.
(d) Shakespeare.

Short Answer Questions

1. Coverdale and Zenobia argue about women being happy in life; what does Zenobia say is the reason of woman's unhappiness?

2. What does Priscilla ask that Zenobia do for her?

3. What is the name of Mrs. Foster's husband?

4. What lady does Mr. Coverdale plan on meeting the day after he is accosted in Section 1, Chapter 1?

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

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