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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What makes Coverdale realize that Zenobia will not be friends with Priscilla for long?
(a) Because Priscilla is becoming more beautiful than her.
(b) Because Hollingsworth is in love with Priscilla.
(c) Because Coverdale is in love with Priscilla.
(d) Because Priscilla is becoming more popular than her.

2. Regarding the stranger who interrupts Coverdale's secluded time; who does he ask for an interview with?
(a) Hollingsworth.
(b) Priscilla.
(c) Zenobia.
(d) Mrs. Foster.

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

4. What is a phenomenon in the Mesmeric line?
(a) The Veiled Lady.
(b) The Asian Lady.
(c) The opera.
(d) The new play by Coverdale.

5. What does Coverdale complain about his first day at Blithedale?
(a) His lack of sleep.
(b) The bad food.
(c) The thinly partitioned walls.
(d) The lack of comfort.

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

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

8. What does Coverdale think Hollingsworth is being reckless about?
(a) His relationship with Zenobia.
(b) His tenderness toward Priscilla.
(c) His treatment of the other people at Blithedale.
(d) His pursuit of things outside Blithedale.

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

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

11. In Section 5, Chapter 9, what does Coverdale realize it's not mentally healthy to do?
(a) Study individuals too closely.
(b) Stay inside his room all day alone.
(c) Sleep all day.
(d) Envy others.

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

13. In Zenobia's story about the Veiled Lady, who sneaks into the Lady's private chamber with the intent of unveiling her?
(a) Silas.
(b) Simon.
(c) Theodore.
(d) Eliot.

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

15. What are Mrs. Foster and her husband in charge of at Blithedale?
(a) They manage the farm and teach the upperclassmen the art of husbandry.
(b) They teach at the schoolhouse in Blithedale.
(c) They are in charge of feeding everyone at Blithedale.
(d) They manage the house and teach the women to cook.

Short Answer Questions

1. After the first group dinner at Blithedale, what does Mr. Foster do while everyone adjourns to the sitting room?

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

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

4. Coverdale and Zenobia argue about women being happy in life; what does Zenobia say is the reason of woman's unhappiness?

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

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