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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What intrigues Mr. Coverdale about the man who accosts him on his way back to his apartment?
(a) The person is blind.
(b) The person seems very familiar.
(c) The hint that a gentlemen's influence may be desirable.
(d) The hint that a lady's influence may be desirable.

2. After the first group dinner at Blithedale, what does Mr. Foster do while everyone adjourns to the sitting room?
(a) Takes out the garbage.
(b) Sits on the porch and smokes his pipe.
(c) Goes to bed.
(d) Cobbles an old pair of boots by the kitchen fire.

3. How is the atmosphere at the first dinner in the Blithedale farmhouse?
(a) Cheerful.
(b) Exciting.
(c) Oppressive.
(d) Dull.

4. In Section 3, Chapter 5, how does Mr. Foster say he will wake everyone at Blithedale at daybreak?
(a) He will sound the horn.
(b) He will fire his shotgun three times.
(c) He will ring the bells.
(d) He will come around to everyone's door and knock.

5. Mr. Hollingsworth finally arrives and Blithedale and brings a young girl, Priscilla; how does she react when she sees Zenobia?
(a) She yells and runs away.
(b) She begins to cry.
(c) She begins to scream.
(d) She drops to her knees and clasps Zenobia's hand.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Coverdale suggest to Hollingsworth that he should be, in Section 3, Chapter 6?

2. Coverdale and Zenobia argue about women being happy in life; what does Zenobia say is the reason of woman's unhappiness?

3. In Zenobia's story about the Veiled Lady, what does the Lady tell the young man who sneaks into her room will happen to him if he kisses her?

4. What does Priscilla do when Coverdale imparts the wisdom that those one most loves may not love one in return?

5. What does Coverdale complain about his first day at Blithedale?

Short Essay Questions

1. What names does the group at Blithedale consider renaming the community?

2. What is the first contribution in the novel, The Blithedale Romance, that composes the theme of magic within the text?

3. What does Coverdale learn about Priscilla from Hollingsworth?

4. What wise suggestion of Coverdale's does Priscilla reject in Section 5, Chapter 9?

5. Why does Coverdale decide to never reveal what he overheard Zenobia and Westervelt talking about in Section 6, Chapter 12?

6. How does Coverdale describe Zenobia in Section 1, Chapter 2?

7. What does the man who interrupts Coverdale's meditative walk in Section 6, Chapter 11 want?

8. How does Hollingsworth and Coverdale's relationship begin to fall apart in Section 4, Chapter 8?

9. How did Hollingsworth come to Priscilla's aid in Section 2, Chapter 4?

10. How does Zenobia treat Priscilla, and what does she say to justify that behavior?

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