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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. At the interview that Coverdale is attending, who appears onstage in Oriental robes?
(a) Priscilla.
(b) Zenobia.
(c) Westervelt.
(d) Moodie.

2. How does Moodie describe his second daughter when she was a child?
(a) As pale and nervous.
(b) As sunny and energetic.
(c) As robust and rowdy.
(d) As dark and violent.

3. Out of the three people that Coverdale spies from his hotel window at the boardinghouse, which two seem to repel one another?
(a) Priscilla and Moodie.
(b) Zenobia and Westervelt.
(c) Zenobia and Hollingsworth.
(d) Priscilla and Westervelt.

4. Before Coverdale leaves Blithedale for a few weeks, what does he ask Priscilla?
(a) If she is a sorceress.
(b) If she is a mind reader.
(c) If she is a prophetess.
(d) If she is troubled.

5. In a lyceum hall where he is attending an interview, who does Coverdale see several rows in front of him?
(a) Hollingsworth.
(b) Zenobia.
(c) Westervelt.
(d) Priscilla.

Short Answer Questions

1. Coverdale becomes irritated with the person who he visits in the boardinghouse; what does this person rage to him about?

2. What does Coverdale suggest to Hollingsworth that they should choose a spot for, in Section 8, Chapter 15?

3. Where do the men lay Zenobia for the women to deal with?

4. What message does Zenobia tell Coverdale to take to Hollingsworth, in Section 13, Chapter 26?

5. In Section 14, Chapter 27, what does Coverdale share with Hollingsworth that he suspects Zenobia has done?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are three of the creatures that Coverdale spies in the woods as he returns to Blithedale?

2. What is one thing that Coverdale observes while looking out his hotel window?

3. What is ironic about Hollingsworth accidentally wounding Zenobia's corpse?

4. How does Coverdale compare the setting of his hotel to the setting at Blithedale?

5. What is Westervelt's role at the interview with the Veiled Lady that Coverdale attends in Section 12, Chapter 23?

6. What message does Zenobia ask Coverdale to take to Hollingsworth after she leaves Blithedale?

7. How does Zenobia demonstrate her love and loyalty for Hollingsworth?

8. What questions does Zenobia ask Hollingsworth at Eliot's Pulpit in Section 13, Chapter 25?

9. What does Coverdale observe Priscilla doing at the boardinghouse?

10. What is ironic about Coverdale encountering Hollingsworth at a village hall during an interview with the Veiled Lady?

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