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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. During the interview that Coverdale is attending, who throws off her veil, shrinking to see the multitude of people staring at her, and flees?
(a) Mrs. Foster.
(b) Zenobia's mother.
(c) Priscilla.
(d) Zenobia.

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

3. 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) Westervelt.
(b) Hollingsworth.
(c) Zenobia.
(d) Priscilla.

4. Moodie reveals that Priscilla and Zenobia are both his daughters; who raised Zenobia?
(a) Her grandfather.
(b) Her mother.
(c) Her aunt.
(d) Her bachelor uncle.

5. Out of the three people staying at the boardinghouse, which one notices Coverdale watching them from his hotel window?
(a) Westervelt.
(b) Hollingsworth.
(c) Zenobia.
(d) Priscilla.

6. Zenobia asks Hollingsworth if he loves Priscilla and he admits that he does; what does Zenobia say and do in return?
(a) Zenobia appeals to God to judge which of them has most morally offended him and bids Hollingsworth farewell.
(b) Zenobia begs for him to reconsider loving her and clings to him.
(c) Zenobia begins to cry and runs away.
(d) Zenobia begins hitting him and yelling at him for not loving her.

7. How may days after the interview that Coverdale attended in Section 12, Chapter 23, does he set out for Blithedale?
(a) Three days.
(b) Four days.
(c) One day.
(d) Two days.

8. At the interview that Coverdale is attending, who appears onstage in Oriental robes?
(a) Zenobia.
(b) Westervelt.
(c) Priscilla.
(d) Moodie.

9. As the summer passes at Blithedale, what do Coverdale and Hollingsworth discuss the community's plans to erect?
(a) A church.
(b) A store.
(c) A school.
(d) A Phalanstery.

10. What makes Coverdale believe that Hollingsworth must be appropriating Zenobia's funds so lavishly?
(a) Hollingsworth claims that they are out of money at Blithedale.
(b) Hollingsworth claims that money is not an option for him.
(c) Hollingsworth has bought himself a new wardrobe.
(d) Hollingsworth claims he can have the necessary capital for his project within a month.

11. How does Moodie describe his second daughter when she was a child?
(a) As pale and nervous.
(b) As dark and violent.
(c) As sunny and energetic.
(d) As robust and rowdy.

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

13. How does Coverdale react when Hollingsworth wants to know if he will cooperate in his great scheme?
(a) Coverdale chides Hollingsworth.
(b) Coverdale yells at Hollingsworth.
(c) Coverdale agrees with Hollingsworth's plan.
(d) Coverdale does not know what to say to Hollingsworth.

14. Twenty-five years earlier, why did Moodie flee to the New England metropolis?
(a) He had loan sharks after him from his gambling.
(b) His wife kicked him out.
(c) He owed his drug dealer money.
(d) He committed a crime.

15. What does Zenobia do after Hollingsworth and Priscilla walk off together in Section 13, Chapter 25?
(a) She starts pulling her hair out.
(b) She runs away.
(c) She sinks down, sobbing.
(d) She begins screaming.

Short Answer Questions

1. Not long after midnight in Section 14, Chapter 27, Coverdale passes beneath Hollingsworth's open window; what does he fling into his room?

2. Who summons Priscilla to see Coverdale at the boardinghouse?

3. Out of the three people that Coverdale spies from his hotel window at the boardinghouse, which two seem to repel one another?

4. Whose fidelity gives Coverdale a new sense of Hollingsworth's native power?

5. What are Hollingsworth and Coverdale repairing at Blithedale while discussing the community's plans for the future?

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