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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 does Coverdale believe is his duty to do for Priscilla?
(a) Get rid of her.
(b) Educate her.
(c) Protect her.
(d) Marry her.

2. Coverdale believes he has done Hollingsworth a great wrong by prying into his character; why can't he help it?
(a) Because he envies Hollingsworth.
(b) Because he loves Hollingsworth so much.
(c) Because he does not trust Hollingsworth.
(d) Because he is obsessed with Hollingsworth.

3. What does Coverdale learn about Priscilla from Hollingsworth, in Section 4, Chapter 7?
(a) That she is the long-lost sister of Zenobia.
(b) That she is terminally ill.
(c) That she is secrelty engaged to Hollingsworth.
(d) That she has recently escaped peril and may still be liable to danger.

4. After Moodie visits, Coverdale decides to take a holiday for the day; where does he go?
(a) The woods.
(b) The meadow.
(c) The lake.
(d) The city.

5. Where does Coverdale often spend his time making verses and meditating essays?
(a) On the sloping hill overlooking the valley.
(b) Under a big oak tree overlooking the farmhouse.
(c) Next to the lake surrounded by wildflowers.
(d) In a leafy cave in the woods adjacent to the farm.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Coverdale find Zenobia and Priscilla doing in the barn, in Section 4, Chapter 8?

2. What does the person who accosts Mr. Coverdale on his way back to his apartment in Section 1, Chapter 1 want from him?

3. Mr. Hollingsworth finally arrives and Blithedale and brings a young girl, Priscilla; how does she react when she sees Zenobia?

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

5. After claiming that she is not positively ill-natured, why does Zenobia decide to be kind to Priscilla?

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