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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 6- Chapter 11: The Wood-Path and Chapter 12: Coverdale's Hermitage.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is Zenobia upset with Mr. Hollingsworth in Section 2, Chapter 3?
(a) He ruins her dinner.
(b) He's late.
(c) He yells at her.
(d) He ignores her.

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

3. Whose conversation does Coverdale eavesdrop on in Section 6, Chapter 12 that he decides never to disclose to another mortal?
(a) Hollingsworth and Priscilla.
(b) Zenobia and Priscilla.
(c) Zenobia and Hollingsworth.
(d) Zenobia and Westervelt.

4. The neighbors of Blithedale gossip that Zenobia and Hollingsworth are lovers; where do they say they plan to erect their home?
(a) Near the mountainside.
(b) In a beautiful meadow where they have picnics.
(c) By a nearby pond they like to visit.
(d) On a sloping hill where they frequently walk.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Zenobia tell Priscilla that she needs, a role which Zenobia intends to fulfill?

2. What are Mrs. Foster and her husband in charge of at Blithedale?

3. After the first group dinner at Blithedale, what does Mr. Foster do while everyone adjourns to the sitting room?

4. In Section 5, Chapter 9, what does Coverdale realize it's not mentally healthy to do?

5. After Mr. Foster awakens everyone at Blithedale, what does Hollingsworth begin his first day there with?

(see the answer key)

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