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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. What makes Coverdale realize that Zenobia will not be friends with Priscilla for long?
(a) Because Coverdale is in love with Priscilla.
(b) Because Priscilla is becoming more beautiful than her.
(c) Because Priscilla is becoming more popular than her.
(d) Because Hollingsworth is in love with Priscilla.

2. In Section 6, Chapter 11, why does Coverdale stay in the vicinity of Zenobia's customary walk?
(a) So that he can assist her quickly if necessity dictates it to be so.
(b) So he can see who she is meeting with.
(c) So that he can watch her from behind the cover of the trees.
(d) So he will have a chance to talk to her.

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. After claiming that she is not positively ill-natured, why does Zenobia decide to be kind to Priscilla?
(a) Because she wants everyone to forgive her.
(b) Because she decides she really does like her.
(c) Because Coverdale and Hollingsworth seem so interested in the girl.
(d) Because she feels bad about her treatment of her.

5. In Section 6, Chapter 11, the stranger identifies himself as Professor Westervelt; who else does he ask about that causes Coverdale to decline any further connection with his affairs?
(a) Priscilla.
(b) Moodie.
(c) Zenobia.
(d) Hollingsworth.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where does Coverdale often spend his time making verses and meditating essays?

3. After Moodie visits, Coverdale decides to take a holiday for the day; where does he go?

4. How does Mr. Coverdale think the firelight from the hearth makes the men and women of Blithedale appear?

5. What does Priscilla do when Coverdale tells her that she is fortunate that she has nothing dismal to remember?

(see the answer key)

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