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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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 park.
(c) A bakery.
(d) A restaurant.

3. In Section 8, Chapter 16, Coverdale announces that he is leaving Blithedale for a week or two; why?
(a) To barter goods from the farm.
(b) For his health.
(c) To visit family.
(d) For financial reasons.

4. What does Zenobia tell Priscilla that she stood in the way of?
(a) Her desires.
(b) Her traveling.
(c) Her career.
(d) Her friendhips.

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

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

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

8. As Coverdale escapes the strange creatures in the woods, he comes upon the pulpit; who does he see there, besides Hollingsworth and Priscilla?
(a) Moodie.
(b) Mr. Foster.
(c) Zenobia.
(d) Westervelt.

9. What does Hollingsworth seem to have no regret for overthrowing in Section 8, Chapter 15?
(a) His love of Zenobia for Priscilla.
(b) His own family.
(c) Overthrowing the fair system of their new life because it does not suit him.
(d) His love of Priscilla for Zenobia.

10. What saddens Coverdale after he goes to the boardinghouse in Section 10, Chapter 19?
(a) Hollingsworth's cold manner.
(b) Priscilla's cold manner.
(c) Zenobia's cold manner.
(d) Westervelt's cold manner.

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

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

13. During the interview at the lyceum hall, who does Coverdale ask where Priscilla is, and receives a glare in response from this person?
(a) Hollingsworth.
(b) Westervelt.
(c) Moodie.
(d) Zenobia.

14. What does Moodie reveal to Coverdale that his name was twenty-five years earlier?
(a) Fowers.
(b) Farras.
(c) Fauntleroy.
(d) Fuddleray.

15. During the interview that Coverdale is attending, who jumps to the platform after the lady rises as a mysterious tremor shakes her veil?
(a) Hollingsworth.
(b) Westervelt.
(c) Coverdale.
(d) Moodie.

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. At the interview that Coverdale is attending, who appears onstage in Oriental robes?

3. What message does Zenobia tell Coverdale to take to Hollingsworth, in Section 13, Chapter 26?

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

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

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