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

2. After Coverdale tells Hollingsworth he does not know if he will ever be a philanthropist, how does Hollingsworth react?
(a) He laughs at him at calls him weak.
(b) He says it does not matter to him.
(c) He is very angry.
(d) He does not know if they can be lifelong friends.

3. How does Mr. Coverdale think the firelight from the hearth makes the men and women of Blithedale appear?
(a) The men strong and the women weak.
(b) The men handsome and the women meek.
(c) The men youthful and the women beautiful.
(d) The men weak and the women strong.

4. What does Zenobia have a lot of?
(a) Shoes.
(b) Hats.
(c) Weaknesses.
(d) Pride.

5. What does Mr. Coverdale compare Zenobia to in Section 2, Chapter 3?
(a) The sun.
(b) Eve in the Garden of Eden.
(c) An exotic flower.
(d) The ocean.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Coverdale believe the neighbors of Blithedale slander their farming abilities?

2. Why do the people of Blithedale decide to continue sheltering Priscilla?

3. What does Mr. Coverdale claim that the parlor in the old farmhouse in Blithedale is comparable to?

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

5. Why does Coverdale think that Priscilla deserves some poetry written about her?

(see the answer key)

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