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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. As the three people searching for Zenobia row out into the river, who comments about how Zenobia will laugh at them the next morning?
(a) Mr. Foster.
(b) Priscilla.
(c) Coverdale.
(d) Hollingsworth.

2. During the interview at the lyceum hall, who does Coverdale ask where Priscilla is, and receives a glare in response from this person?
(a) Moodie.
(b) Westervelt.
(c) Zenobia.
(d) Hollingsworth.

3. After Coverdale fails at trying to meet up with Zenobia and Priscilla in town, what does he long for?
(a) A storm to bring them together.
(b) To be back at Blithedale.
(c) A chance meeting.
(d) A castastrophe.

4. In Section 12, Chapter 24, Coverdale sets out for Blithedale, and he spies on the community from the woods before entering; what does he hear from the woods?
(a) Crying.
(b) Screaming.
(c) Gun shots.
(d) Laughter.

5. In Section 9, Chapter 18, what torments Coverdale at night in his hotel room?
(a) Dreams of his Blithedale friends.
(b) The rats scurrying on the floor.
(c) The other hotel tenants.
(d) The loud noises from the street.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who hushes Coverdale and Hollingsworth from his window in Section 14, Chapter 27?

2. After fleeing his home to New England, Moodie took on a new name and home; who does he marry?

3. As Moodie and Coverdale talk, Moodie reveals his youth; what does Coverdale ask him to share?

4. Why is Coverdale worried about Priscilla not being safe around Hollingsworth?

5. What does Zenobia do after Hollingsworth and Priscilla walk off together in Section 13, Chapter 25?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What does Zenobia do after Hollingsworth and Priscilla walk off together, arm in arm, in Section 13, Chapter 25?

4. How does Zenobia's death parallel with many village maidens who have also been wronged by their first love?

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

6. What does Silas Foster think about Zenobia's disappearance?

7. Why did Moodie change his name twenty-five years ago?

8. What vision of Coverdale's does Hollingsworth mock?

9. Why does Hollingsworth and Coverdale's friendship end?

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

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