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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Section 9, Chapter 17, Coverdale obtains a room in a respectable hotel in town; what makes him feel stifled at first?
(a) The loud music coming from across the street.
(b) The silence in his empty room.
(c) The memories from Blithedale.
(d) The muddy tide of human activity.

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

3. Where did Moodie say that he lived twenty-five years earlier?
(a) The Middle States.
(b) The East Coast.
(c) England.
(d) The West Coast.

4. What message does Zenobia tell Coverdale to take to Hollingsworth, in Section 13, Chapter 26?
(a) That he is a wretch with a heart of ice.
(b) That he has murdered her and she will haunt him.
(c) That he will forever torment her.
(d) That she will always love him.

5. After Priscilla is summoned to see Coverdale, he asks her when she will return to Blithedale; how does she respond?
(a) She says whenever they will take her because she never has had any free will.
(b) She says at the end of the year.
(c) She says when Hollingsworth says she can return.
(d) She says she never wants to return.

6. After fleeing his home to New England, Moodie took on a new name and home; who does he marry?
(a) A meek seamstress.
(b) A kind cook.
(c) A mean woman.
(d) A gentle maid.

7. In Section 14, Chapter 27, what does Coverdale share with Hollingsworth that he suspects Zenobia has done?
(a) Fled the country.
(b) Harmed someone else.
(c) Committed suicide.
(d) Committed adultery.

8. 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?
(a) Screaming.
(b) Laughter.
(c) Crying.
(d) Gun shots.

9. Where did Hollingsworth wound Zenobia in Section 14, Chapter 27?
(a) Her arm.
(b) Her hand.
(c) Her breast, close by her heart.
(d) Her head.

10. Why does Coverdale realize it's absurd to torment himself with conjectures in Section 10, Chapter 19?
(a) Since his familiar realtionship allows him to call on Moodie.
(b) Since his familiar realtionship allows him to call on Priscilla.
(c) Since his familiar realtionship allows him to call on Zenobia.
(d) Since his familiar realtionship allows him to call on Hollingsworth.

11. After Hollingsworth admits that he does love Priscilla, he bids her to come to him; what do Zenobia and Coverdale want Priscilla to do?
(a) Run away.
(b) Go to Coverdale.
(c) Not go to Hollingsworth.
(d) Go to Hollingsworth.

12. 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) Westervelt.
(d) Zenobia.

13. Not long after midnight in Section 14, Chapter 27, Coverdale passes beneath Hollingsworth's open window; what does he fling into his room?
(a) A sprig of holly.
(b) A note.
(c) A tuft of grass.
(d) A flower.

14. What does Hollingsworth's pole strike at the bottom of the river while searching for Zenobia?
(a) Zenobia's boot.
(b) Zenobia's body.
(c) Zenobia's purse.
(d) Zenobia's shawl.

15. 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 Zenobia.
(d) He's worried about Moodie.

Short Answer Questions

1. As Coverdale views the community of Blithedale from the woods, what does he see some strange creatures doing that makes him laugh out loud?

2. While watching the boardinghouse from his hotel window, Coverdale beholds Zenobia and Priscilla; who else does he see with them?

3. Moodie reveals that Priscilla and Zenobia are both his daughters; who raised Zenobia?

4. Coverdale asks Hollingsworth if he has seen Zenobia, and he answers that he has not; what else does Hollingsworth say about Zenobia?

5. Twenty-five years earlier, why did Moodie flee to the New England metropolis?

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