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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. After Coverdale tells Hollingsworth he does not know if he will ever be a philanthropist, how does Hollingsworth react?
(a) He does not know if they can be lifelong friends.
(b) He says it does not matter to him.
(c) He is very angry.
(d) He laughs at him at calls him weak.

3. While telling her legend, Zenobia asks Priscilla to stand in front of her so that she can be inspired by her what?
(a) Eyes.
(b) Aura.
(c) Lips.
(d) Hair.

4. Mr. Hollingsworth finally arrives and Blithedale and brings a young girl, Priscilla; how does she react when she sees Zenobia?
(a) She begins to cry.
(b) She begins to scream.
(c) She drops to her knees and clasps Zenobia's hand.
(d) She yells and runs away.

5. What does Zenobia tell Priscilla that she needs, a role which Zenobia intends to fulfill?
(a) A mother.
(b) A sister.
(c) A friend.
(d) A duenna.

6. What does Priscilla do when Coverdale tells her that she is fortunate that she has nothing dismal to remember?
(a) She seems to be listening to a distant voice.
(b) She smiles at him.
(c) She tells him he does not know her at all.
(d) She tells him she does have dismal things from her past.

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

8. Who did Priscilla used to make silk purses for?
(a) Zenobia.
(b) Mrs. Foster.
(c) Hollingsworth.
(d) Moodie.

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

10. 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?
(a) Peril from the white horse.
(b) Peril from the maiden who has attached herself to her.
(c) Peril from a golden necklace.
(d) Peril form the Veiled Lady.

11. Priscilla questions Hollingsworth about Zenobia's view of the injustice the world does to women; how does he respond?
(a) He thinks she is stupid and women are worthless.
(b) He heartly agrees with her.
(c) He claims that a woman's place is at a man's side.
(d) He laughs out loud.

12. What does Coverdale learn about Priscilla from Hollingsworth, in Section 4, Chapter 7?
(a) That she is terminally ill.
(b) That she is secrelty engaged to Hollingsworth.
(c) That she is the long-lost sister of Zenobia.
(d) That she has recently escaped peril and may still be liable to danger.

13. What does the community of Blithedale declare May Day as, in Section 4, Chapter 8?
(a) A movable holiday, which is postponed for better weather.
(b) A second Christmas for those at Blithedale.
(c) Not to be celebrated at Blithedale.
(d) Blithedale Day.

14. How many men ride together to Blithedale during the storm in Section 1, Chapter 2?
(a) Two.
(b) Five.
(c) Four.
(d) Three.

15. After claiming that she is not positively ill-natured, why does Zenobia decide to be kind to Priscilla?
(a) Because she feels bad about her treatment of her.
(b) Because Coverdale and Hollingsworth seem so interested in the girl.
(c) Because she decides she really does like her.
(d) Because she wants everyone to forgive her.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In Section 6, Chapter 11, why does Coverdale stay in the vicinity of Zenobia's customary walk?

3. What does Mr. Coverdale compare Zenobia to in Section 2, Chapter 3?

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

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

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