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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 Coverdale escapes the strange creatures in the woods, he comes upon the pulpit; who does he see there, besides Hollingsworth and Priscilla?
(a) Westervelt.
(b) Mr. Foster.
(c) Zenobia.
(d) Moodie.

2. What are Hollingsworth and Coverdale repairing at Blithedale while discussing the community's plans for the future?
(a) A wood fence.
(b) A bridge.
(c) A stone fence.
(d) A wind mill.

3. What does Zenobia do after Hollingsworth and Priscilla walk off together in Section 13, Chapter 25?
(a) She runs away.
(b) She begins screaming.
(c) She sinks down, sobbing.
(d) She starts pulling her hair out.

4. Moodie admits that out of his two daughters, he loves Priscilla the best, only that love comes from what?
(a) Shame.
(b) Pride.
(c) Guilt.
(d) Duty.

5. What does Coverdale suggest to Hollingsworth that they should choose a spot for, in Section 8, Chapter 15?
(a) A church.
(b) A cemetery.
(c) A school.
(d) A temple.

Short Answer Questions

1. Twenty-five years earlier, why did Moodie flee to the New England metropolis?

2. What makes Coverdale believe that Hollingsworth must be appropriating Zenobia's funds so lavishly?

3. Coverdale asks Hollingsworth if he has seen Zenobia, and he answers that he has not; what else does Hollingsworth say about Zenobia?

4. Where did Hollingsworth wound Zenobia in Section 14, Chapter 27?

5. Where did Moodie say that he lived twenty-five years earlier?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Coverdale jealous of Westervelt?

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

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

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

5. After Zenobia asks for Priscilla's forgiveness in Section 13, Chapter 25, what question does Zenobia ask her?

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

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

8. How does Zenobia treat Coverdale when he visits her at the boarding-house?

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

10. What strange foreboding does Coverdale have after Zenobia leaves Blithedale, and what does he do?

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