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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 12- Chapter 23: A Village Hall and Chapter 24: The Masqueraders.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Moodie tells Coverdale how twenty-five years earlier he had a palatial home, a lovely wife and a beautiful daughter, but what was the only thing he was interested in?
(a) Wealth.
(b) Alcohol.
(c) Gambling.
(d) Drugs.

2. Where do Hollingsworth, Zenobia, Priscilla, and Coverdale often spend their Sundays?
(a) At a rock named Ernest's Pulpit.
(b) At a rock named Eli's Pulpit.
(c) At a rock named Emmett's Pulpit.
(d) At a rock named Eliot's Pulpit.

3. In Section 9, Chapter 17, Coverdale obtains a room in a respectable hotel in town; what makes him feel stifled at first?
(a) The muddy tide of human activity.
(b) The memories from Blithedale.
(c) The loud music coming from across the street.
(d) The silence in his empty room.

4. In Section 8, Chapter 16, Coverdale announces that he is leaving Blithedale for a week or two; why?
(a) To visit family.
(b) For financial reasons.
(c) For his health.
(d) To barter goods from the farm.

5. What letter does Priscilla bring to Coverdale in his room, along with a nightcap?
(a) An opened letter from Miss Margaret Fuller.
(b) A sealed letter from Miss Margaret Fuller.
(c) A sealed letter from Zenobia.
(d) An opened letter from Zenobia.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Why is Coverdale worried about Priscilla not being safe around Hollingsworth?

4. What does Moodie reveal to Coverdale that his name was twenty-five years earlier?

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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