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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 Coverdale think Hollingsworth is being reckless about?
(a) His tenderness toward Priscilla.
(b) His pursuit of things outside Blithedale.
(c) His treatment of the other people at Blithedale.
(d) His relationship with Zenobia.

2. Why does Coverdale regret peremptorily ending his conversation with Professor Westervelt?
(a) He's curious what Westervelt might know about Hollingsworth.
(b) He's curious what Westervelt might know about Moodie.
(c) He's curious what Westervelt might know about Priscilla.
(d) He's curious what Westervelt might know about Zenobia.

3. The neighbors of Blithedale gossip that Zenobia and Hollingsworth are lovers; where do they say they plan to erect their home?
(a) In a beautiful meadow where they have picnics.
(b) Near the mountainside.
(c) By a nearby pond they like to visit.
(d) On a sloping hill where they frequently walk.

4. How does Mr. Foster greet all the men while the women are preparing dinner the first night at Blithedale?
(a) Nervously.
(b) Angrily.
(c) Politely.
(d) Uncouthly.

5. What is a phenomenon in the Mesmeric line?
(a) The Asian Lady.
(b) The Veiled Lady.
(c) The new play by Coverdale.
(d) The opera.

Short Answer Questions

1. Coverdale believes he has done Hollingsworth a great wrong by prying into his character; why can't he help it?

2. Why do the people of Blithedale decide to continue sheltering Priscilla?

3. What does Coverdale suspect that Priscilla purposefully arranged for Moodie to see?

4. Regarding the stranger who interrupts Coverdale's secluded time; who does he ask for an interview with?

5. After Coverdale tells Hollingsworth he does not know if he will ever be a philanthropist, how does Hollingsworth react?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Hollingsworth respond when Zenobia rages against the inequalities between men and women?

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

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

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

5. Who likes to spend their Sundays at a rock named Eliot's Pulpit?

6. How does Zenobia compare Coverdale and Hollingsworth?

7. How does Coverdale first feel about Hollingsworth compared to how he feels about him after his illness?

8. How does the reader know that Moodie is somewhat connected to the Veiled Lady?

9. What does Coverdale learn about Priscilla from Hollingsworth?

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

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