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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 believe is his duty to do for Priscilla?
(a) Educate her.
(b) Marry her.
(c) Get rid of her.
(d) Protect her.

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

3. What does Coverdale awake to outside his window after his first night at Blithedale?
(a) Giant pieces of hail.
(b) Flowers blooming.
(c) Broken tree limbs.
(d) Snow on the ground.

4. In Section 5, Chapter 9, what does Coverdale realize it's not mentally healthy to do?
(a) Envy others.
(b) Sleep all day.
(c) Study individuals too closely.
(d) Stay inside his room all day alone.

5. What does Zenobia tell Priscilla that she needs, a role which Zenobia intends to fulfill?
(a) A duenna.
(b) A sister.
(c) A friend.
(d) A mother.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who accosts Mr. Coverdale on his way back to his apartment in Section 1, Chapter 1?

2. After Priscilla and Mr. Hollingsworth arrive and are introduced, who tells the others to feed Priscilla?

3. What letter does Priscilla bring to Coverdale in his room, along with a nightcap?

4. Who does Mr. Coverdale suggest that Mr. Hollingsworth would be of assistance to in Section 1, Chapter 1?

5. In Zenobia's story about the Veiled Lady, what happens just as the young man is about to kiss the Lady?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Why does Zenobia make Coverdale nervous?

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

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

6. What does Coverdale learn about Priscilla from Hollingsworth?

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

8. What story does Zenobia tell the group at Blithedale in Section 7, Chapter 13?

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

10. What is Hollingsworth's reaction when Coverdale tells him that he does not know if he will ever be a philanthropist?

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