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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Zenobia have a lot of?
(a) Shoes.
(b) Weaknesses.
(c) Pride.
(d) Hats.

3. How does Coverdale spend his first night at Blithedale?
(a) Sleepless.
(b) With Zenobia.
(c) With Priscilla.
(d) In a fever with a cold.

4. In Zenobia's story about the Veiled Lady, what happens just as the young man is about to kiss the Lady?
(a) She disappears.
(b) She stabs him.
(c) She falls asleep.
(d) She runs away.

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

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

7. In Section 6, Chapter 11, why does Coverdale stay in the vicinity of Zenobia's customary walk?
(a) So he can see who she is meeting with.
(b) So that he can watch her from behind the cover of the trees.
(c) So he will have a chance to talk to her.
(d) So that he can assist her quickly if necessity dictates it to be so.

8. What does Coverdale suggest to Hollingsworth that he should be, in Section 3, Chapter 6?
(a) A farmer.
(b) A priest.
(c) A lawyer.
(d) A banker.

9. 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) Hair.
(c) Lips.
(d) Aura.

10. What is the name of Mrs. Foster's husband?
(a) Simon.
(b) Steven.
(c) Sam.
(d) Silas.

11. 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 drops to her knees and clasps Zenobia's hand.
(c) She begins to scream.
(d) She yells and runs away.

12. Who does Coverdale suggest to Hollingsworth that he believes Zenobia to be the sister of?
(a) Mr. Foster.
(b) Mrs. Foster.
(c) The Veiled Lady.
(d) Priscilla.

13. After Priscilla and Mr. Hollingsworth arrive and are introduced, who tells the others to feed Priscilla?
(a) Mr. Coverdale.
(b) Mrs. Foster.
(c) Mr. Foster.
(d) Zenobia.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Zenobia upset with Mr. Hollingsworth in Section 2, Chapter 3?

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

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

4. In Section 3, Chapter 5, how does Mr. Foster say he will wake everyone at Blithedale at daybreak?

5. Where does Coverdale often spend his time making verses and meditating essays?

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