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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. In Section 14, Chapter 27, what startles Hollingsworth about Coverdale's voice that makes him hurry to speak with him?
(a) The anger.
(b) The strangeness.
(c) The sadness.
(d) The whispering.

9. 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 muddy tide of human activity.
(d) The memories from Blithedale.

10. After viewing Zenobia and Priscilla from his hotel window, who is Coverdale offended that Zenobia chose to learn her secrets?
(a) Moodie.
(b) Mr. Foster.
(c) Westervelt.
(d) Hollingsworth.

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

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

13. What are Hollingsworth and Coverdale repairing at Blithedale while discussing the community's plans for the future?
(a) A stone fence.
(b) A wood fence.
(c) A bridge.
(d) A wind mill.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Zenobia do after Hollingsworth and Priscilla walk off together in Section 13, Chapter 25?

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

3. Who comes to take Zenobia and Priscilla away from the boardinghouse at the end of Section 10, Chapter 20?

4. During the interview that Coverdale is attending, who throws off her veil, shrinking to see the multitude of people staring at her, and flees?

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

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