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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 are Mrs. Foster and her husband in charge of at Blithedale?
(a) They are in charge of feeding everyone at Blithedale.
(b) They manage the farm and teach the upperclassmen the art of husbandry.
(c) They manage the house and teach the women to cook.
(d) They teach at the schoolhouse in Blithedale.

2. What do Hollingsworth and Coverdale hoe together while the rest of the fraternity is situated in a distant corner of the farm?
(a) Onions.
(b) Potatoes.
(c) Beets.
(d) Carrots.

3. What does Coverdale suspect that Priscilla purposefully arranged for Moodie to see?
(a) Zenobia and Hollingsworth together.
(b) Priscilla and Zenobia acting playfully.
(c) Priscilla crying.
(d) Priscilla and Hollingsworth together.

4. Before his departure for Blithedale in Chapter 1, where is Mr. Coverdale returning to his apartment from?
(a) A play in town.
(b) An exhibition of the Veiled Lady.
(c) Dinner at his parents'.
(d) The opera.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Zenobia praise Mr. Coverdale about at the beginning of Section 2, Chapter 3, as everyone arrives at Blithedale?

2. What discomposes Priscilla after she delivers a letter to Coverdale, in Section 4, Chapter 8?

3. What is the name of Mrs. Foster's husband?

4. How many men ride together to Blithedale during the storm in Section 1, Chapter 2?

5. After the first group dinner at Blithedale, what does Mr. Foster do while everyone adjourns to the sitting room?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Coverdale justify sitting down to dinner with people of a lower class?

3. What does Coverdale learn about Priscilla from Hollingsworth?

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

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

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

7. How does Zenobia dramatically conclude her story in Section 7, Chapter 13?

8. How can Coverdale tell that Zenobia is upset with Hollingsworth in Section 2, Chapter 3?

9. What does Coverdale discern about Hollingsworth after studying him?

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

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