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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why do the people of Blithedale decide to continue sheltering Priscilla?
(a) They feel obligated because she is favored by Hollingsworth.
(b) She has volunteered to be a maid.
(c) To deserve the reputation of a benevolent community.
(d) She begged for them to let her stay.

2. The night that all the newcomers arrive at Blithedale, what does Zenobia tell them all she will act as?
(a) Manager.
(b) Cook.
(c) Hostess.
(d) Queen.

3. What intrigues Mr. Coverdale about the man who accosts him on his way back to his apartment?
(a) The person is blind.
(b) The hint that a lady's influence may be desirable.
(c) The hint that a gentlemen's influence may be desirable.
(d) The person seems very familiar.

4. 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.

5. Coverdale reads a lot while in his room and discusses the works with Hollingsworth; whose work disgusts Hollingsworth?
(a) Newton.
(b) Fourier.
(c) Einstein.
(d) Shakespeare.

6. Zenobia tells a story about the Veiled Lady; what is the story entitled?
(a) The Black Veil.
(b) The Blue Veil.
(c) The Red Veil.
(d) The Silver Veil.

7. After the first group dinner at Blithedale, what does Mr. Foster do while everyone adjourns to the sitting room?
(a) Takes out the garbage.
(b) Cobbles an old pair of boots by the kitchen fire.
(c) Goes to bed.
(d) Sits on the porch and smokes his pipe.

8. What lady does Mr. Coverdale plan on meeting the day after he is accosted in Section 1, Chapter 1?
(a) Zenobia.
(b) The Veiled Lady.
(c) Elizabeth.
(d) Priscilla.

9. 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 does not trust Hollingsworth.
(c) Because he loves Hollingsworth so much.
(d) Because he is obsessed with Hollingsworth.

10. What does Zenobia do with the flower in her hair after she announces dinner is ready?
(a) She throws it in the garbage.
(b) She places it in the middle of the table.
(c) She replaces it with a fresh flower.
(d) She flings it to the ground.

11. Who accosts Mr. Coverdale on his way back to his apartment in Section 1, Chapter 1?
(a) Zenobia.
(b) Hollingsworth.
(c) Mr. Moodie.
(d) Priscilla.

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

13. Before his departure for Blithedale in Chapter 1, where is Mr. Coverdale returning to his apartment from?
(a) An exhibition of the Veiled Lady.
(b) The opera.
(c) Dinner at his parents'.
(d) A play in town.

14. Whose conversation does Coverdale eavesdrop on in Section 6, Chapter 12 that he decides never to disclose to another mortal?
(a) Hollingsworth and Priscilla.
(b) Zenobia and Westervelt.
(c) Zenobia and Hollingsworth.
(d) Zenobia and Priscilla.

15. What does Mr. Coverdale suspect about Priscilla and Zenobia in Section 3, Chapter 5?
(a) That Priscilla idolizes Zenobia.
(b) That Priscilla and Zenobia idolize him.
(c) That Zenobia idolizes Priscilla.
(d) That Priscilla and Zenobia idolize Mr. Hollingsworth.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where do Hollingsworth, Zenobia, Priscilla, and Coverdale often spend their Sundays?

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

4. In Section 6, Chapter 12, Coverdale watches Hollingsworth beckoning the others; what does he think Hollingsworth sees all of mankind as?

5. What does Coverdale suspect about Zenobia's countenance as he sees her interact with Priscilla in Section 5, Chapter 9?

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