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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. In Section 9, Chapter 17, Coverdale obtains a room in a respectable hotel in town; what makes him feel stifled at first?
(a) The silence in his empty room.
(b) The memories from Blithedale.
(c) The loud music coming from across the street.
(d) The muddy tide of human activity.

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) Hollingsworth.
(b) Moodie.
(c) Zenobia.
(d) Westervelt.

3. In Section 8, Chapter 16, Coverdale announces that he is leaving Blithedale for a week or two; why?
(a) For financial reasons.
(b) For his health.
(c) To visit family.
(d) To barter goods from the farm.

4. While watching the boardinghouse from his hotel window, Coverdale beholds Zenobia and Priscilla; who else does he see with them?
(a) Westervelt.
(b) Moodie.
(c) Hollingsworth.
(d) Mrs. Foster.

5. What does Coverdale notice about Priscilla's appearance after she is summoned?
(a) That she has cut her hair.
(b) That she looks tired.
(c) That she has aged considerably.
(d) That the girl is beautiful.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Section 13, Chapter 25, Zenobia prevents Hollingsworth from leaving their meeting; how long ago does she say that she learned of the matter that is threatening to make her poor?

2. While observing from his hotel window, what makes Coverdale believe that a drawing-room on the first floor of the boardinghouse that is empty will not be empty for long?

3. What does Zenobia tell Priscilla that she stood in the way of?

4. During the interview that Coverdale is attending, who jumps to the platform after the lady rises as a mysterious tremor shakes her veil?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What gets Moodie to reveal his past to Coverdale?

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

4. How was Moodie's life different twenty-five years ago?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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