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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. In the last chapter, Coverdale talks about his life; where did he travel to twice?
(a) Europe.
(b) South America.
(c) Australia.
(d) Africa.

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

3. What does Hollingsworth seem to have no regret for overthrowing in Section 8, Chapter 15?
(a) Overthrowing the fair system of their new life because it does not suit him.
(b) His own family.
(c) His love of Priscilla for Zenobia.
(d) His love of Zenobia for Priscilla.

4. Coverdale asks Hollingsworth if he has seen Zenobia, and he answers that he has not; what else does Hollingsworth say about Zenobia?
(a) That he did not expect to see her again.
(b) That he hopes he sees her again soon.
(c) That he never wants to see her again.
(d) That he expects he will see her again.

5. In Section 13, Chapter 25, who says that he does not pretend to pass a sentence, but it has been forced upon him?
(a) Westervelt.
(b) Coverdale.
(c) Moodie.
(d) Hollingsworth.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do the people of Blithedale decide to continue sheltering Priscilla?

2. In Section 9, Chapter 18, what torments Coverdale at night in his hotel room?

3. In Zenobia's story about the Veiled Lady, a particular lady encounters a magician one morning while wandering in the woods; what does he warn her of?

4. 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?

5. How does Coverdale feel about Hollingsworth after Zenobia's death?

(see the answer key)

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