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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 15: Chapter 28: Blithedale Pasture and Chapter 29: Miles Coverdale's Confession.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Zenobia throw a piece of gauze over at the end of her tale?
(a) Mrs. Foster.
(b) Coverdale.
(c) Hollingsworth.
(d) Priscilla.

2. Before Coverdale leaves Blithedale for a few weeks, what does he ask Priscilla?
(a) If she is a mind reader.
(b) If she is troubled.
(c) If she is a prophetess.
(d) If she is a sorceress.

3. What do Hollingsworth and Coverdale hoe together while the rest of the fraternity is situated in a distant corner of the farm?
(a) Potatoes.
(b) Carrots.
(c) Onions.
(d) Beets.

4. Who agrees to help Hollingsworth and Coverdale search for Zenobia?
(a) Mr. Foster.
(b) Westervelt.
(c) Moodie.
(d) Priscilla.

5. Zenobia asks Priscilla what she will do when Hollingsworth's heart goes out and there is no spark to be found among the ashes; what is Priscilla's answer?
(a) She will die.
(b) She will move on.
(c) She will be sad.
(d) She will be angry.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Zenobia tell Priscilla that she stood in the way of?

3. Who does Coverdale suggest to Hollingsworth that he believes Zenobia to be the sister of?

4. How is Coverdale's attitude after a stranger interrupts his secluded time on his holiday?

5. Coverdale believes he has done Hollingsworth a great wrong by prying into his character; why can't he help it?

(see the answer key)

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