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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After Coverdale is looked upon scornfully by one of the three people staying at the boardinghouse, who disappears from the window of the boudoir?
(a) Priscilla.
(b) Hollingsworth.
(c) Zenobia.
(d) Westervelt.

2. After Coverdale fails at trying to meet up with Zenobia and Priscilla in town, what does he long for?
(a) A chance meeting.
(b) To be back at Blithedale.
(c) A storm to bring them together.
(d) A castastrophe.

3. In Section 11, Chapter 21, it occurs to Coverdale to seek an interview with Moodie, so where does he go to look for him?
(a) A saloon.
(b) A restaurant.
(c) A park.
(d) A bakery.

4. Why is Coverdale anxious to speak with Hollingsworth in Section 14, Chapter 27?
(a) He's worried about Westervelt.
(b) He's worried about Priscilla.
(c) He's worried about Moodie.
(d) He's worried about Zenobia.

5. What site does Coverdale observe across from his hotel at a boardinghouse that he blesses God for?
(a) A rainbow.
(b) A loving elderly couple.
(c) A loving couple and their two children.
(d) Two puppies playing.

6. 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 expects he will see her again.
(b) That he hopes he sees her again soon.
(c) That he never wants to see her again.
(d) That he did not expect to see her again.

7. While watching the boardinghouse from his hotel window, Coverdale beholds Zenobia and Priscilla; who else does he see with them?
(a) Mrs. Foster.
(b) Westervelt.
(c) Hollingsworth.
(d) Moodie.

8. Where do the men lay Zenobia for the women to deal with?
(a) On the couch in the living room.
(b) In her bedroom.
(c) On the grass outside the main house.
(d) On the floor of the farmhouse.

9. As Moodie and Coverdale talk, Moodie reveals his youth; what does Coverdale ask him to share?
(a) His present situation.
(b) His knowledge of Priscilla.
(c) His knowledge of Zenobia.
(d) His past.

10. In a lyceum hall where he is attending an interview, who does Coverdale see several rows in front of him?
(a) Zenobia.
(b) Westervelt.
(c) Priscilla.
(d) Hollingsworth.

11. Who does Hollingsworth tell that he must be with him or against him?
(a) Coverdale.
(b) Moodie.
(c) Priscilla.
(d) Zenobia.

12. Why is Coverdale worried about Priscilla not being safe around Hollingsworth?
(a) Because she is so gullible.
(b) Because she is more susceptible to his tenderness.
(c) Because she is young and silly.
(d) Because he is dangerous.

13. After the scene at the pulpit, Coverdale mentions to Hollingsworth that their toils will seem romantic to whom?
(a) Elderly people in the future.
(b) Young people in the present.
(c) Young people in the future.
(d) Elderly people in the present.

14. Before Coverdale leaves Blithedale for a few weeks, what does he ask Priscilla?
(a) If she is troubled.
(b) If she is a prophetess.
(c) If she is a sorceress.
(d) If she is a mind reader.

15. From his hotel window in town, what is Coverdale watching creep along the office rooftops that bewitches him?
(a) A cat.
(b) A rat.
(c) A dove.
(d) A pigeon.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who hushes Coverdale and Hollingsworth from his window in Section 14, Chapter 27?

2. In Section 12, Chapter 24, Coverdale sets out for Blithedale, and he spies on the community from the woods before entering; what does he hear from the woods?

3. 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?

4. After Coverdale comes upon the three people at the pulpit in Section 13, Chapter 25, who tells him that she is on trial for her life and suggests that he act as judge?

5. To distract himself in his hotel room, Coverdale begins watching the boardinghouse again; who does he begin to watch?

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