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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 10- Chapter 19: Zenobia's Drawing-Room and Chapter 20: They Vanish.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How is the atmosphere at the first dinner in the Blithedale farmhouse?
(a) Dull.
(b) Exciting.
(c) Cheerful.
(d) Oppressive.

2. How is Coverdale's attitude after a stranger interrupts his secluded time on his holiday?
(a) Happy.
(b) Amused.
(c) Angry.
(d) Irritated.

3. How does Mr. Foster greet all the men while the women are preparing dinner the first night at Blithedale?
(a) Uncouthly.
(b) Angrily.
(c) Politely.
(d) Nervously.

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

5. Who does Coverdale suggest to Hollingsworth that he believes Zenobia to be the sister of?
(a) Mr. Foster.
(b) Mrs. Foster.
(c) The Veiled Lady.
(d) Priscilla.

Short Answer Questions

1. Before his departure for Blithedale in Chapter 1, where is Mr. Coverdale returning to his apartment from?

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

3. What does Zenobia claim Priscilla to be after Mr. Coverdale tells her his suspicions?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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