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

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

3. What does Coverdale complain about his first day at Blithedale?
(a) His lack of sleep.
(b) The thinly partitioned walls.
(c) The lack of comfort.
(d) The bad food.

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

5. What does Mr. Coverdale suspect about Priscilla and Zenobia in Section 3, Chapter 5?
(a) That Zenobia idolizes Priscilla.
(b) That Priscilla idolizes Zenobia.
(c) That Priscilla and Zenobia idolize him.
(d) That Priscilla and Zenobia idolize Mr. Hollingsworth.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is a phenomenon in the Mesmeric line?

2. What discomposes Priscilla after she delivers a letter to Coverdale, in Section 4, Chapter 8?

3. How does Coverdale spend his first night at Blithedale?

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

5. What intrigues Mr. Coverdale about the man who accosts him on his way back to his apartment?

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