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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 does Mr. Coverdale claim that the parlor in the old farmhouse in Blithedale is comparable to?
(a) The beach.
(b) Paradise.
(c) The Artic.
(d) Hell.

2. What does Zenobia claim Priscilla to be after Mr. Coverdale tells her his suspicions?
(a) A maid.
(b) A seamstress.
(c) A cook.
(d) A writer.

3. Why does Coverdale believe the neighbors of Blithedale slander their farming abilities?
(a) Because they are scared of them.
(b) Because they want to destroy them.
(c) Because they are mean.
(d) Because of their envy and malice.

4. Why do the people of Blithedale decide to continue sheltering Priscilla?
(a) She begged for them to let her stay.
(b) She has volunteered to be a maid.
(c) They feel obligated because she is favored by Hollingsworth.
(d) To deserve the reputation of a benevolent community.

5. Who does Zenobia throw a piece of gauze over at the end of her tale?
(a) Mrs. Foster.
(b) Priscilla.
(c) Coverdale.
(d) Hollingsworth.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Coverdale regret peremptorily ending his conversation with Professor Westervelt?

2. In Section 6, Chapter 12, when Zenobia is asked why she does not fling Priscilla off, how does she reply?

3. What does Coverdale learn about Priscilla from Hollingsworth, in Section 4, Chapter 7?

4. How does Mr. Foster greet all the men while the women are preparing dinner the first night at Blithedale?

5. What makes Mr. Coverdale think that Priscilla overheard his conversation with Zenobia in Section 3, Chapter 5?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What makes Coverdale think that Zenobia will not be Priscilla's friend for long?

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

4. Why does Zenobia make Coverdale nervous?

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

6. Mr. Coverdale notes the flower in Zenobia's hair; what does he compare her to?

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

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

9. What does the community surrounding Blithedale gossip about Hollingsworth and Zenobia?

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

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