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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 Priscilla ask that Zenobia do for her?
(a) Help her to get to know Mr. Coverdale better.
(b) Only that Zenobia allow her to always be near her.
(c) Help her to get to know Mr. Hollingsworth better.
(d) That she will help her to know what to wear.

2. How many men ride together to Blithedale during the storm in Section 1, Chapter 2?
(a) Two.
(b) Three.
(c) Four.
(d) Five.

3. Coverdale reads a lot while in his room and discusses the works with Hollingsworth; whose work disgusts Hollingsworth?
(a) Einstein.
(b) Shakespeare.
(c) Fourier.
(d) Newton.

4. 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.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose conversation does Coverdale eavesdrop on in Section 6, Chapter 12 that he decides never to disclose to another mortal?

2. What does Coverdale find Zenobia and Priscilla doing in the barn, in Section 4, Chapter 8?

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

4. Zenobia tells a story about the Veiled Lady; what is the story entitled?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why does Zenobia make Coverdale nervous?

3. What does Coverdale learn about Priscilla from Hollingsworth?

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

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

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

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

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

9. Why does Moodie leave Blithedale upset?

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

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