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

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

3. What does Coverdale complain about his first day at Blithedale?
(a) His lack of sleep.
(b) The bad food.
(c) The lack of comfort.
(d) The thinly partitioned walls.

4. Zenobia offers to invent a wild legend one day; how does everyone at Blithedale respond?
(a) Complacently.
(b) Angrily.
(c) Eagerly.
(d) Scared.

5. 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 house and teach the women to cook.
(c) They manage the farm and teach the upperclassmen the art of husbandry.
(d) They teach at the schoolhouse in Blithedale.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In Zenobia's story about the Veiled Lady, who sneaks into the Lady's private chamber with the intent of unveiling her?

3. In Section 6, Chapter 11, the stranger identifies himself as Professor Westervelt; who else does he ask about that causes Coverdale to decline any further connection with his affairs?

4. What type of flower does Zenobia wear in her hair?

5. How is Coverdale's attitude after a stranger interrupts his secluded time on his holiday?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why does Zenobia make Coverdale nervous?

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

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

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

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

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

8. How does Zenobia compare Coverdale and Hollingsworth?

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

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

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